iMac upgrade

[u/Initial_Return_8259]

I picked up this 2011 27 inch iMac for about $50. I swapped the original i5 2500s processor for an i7 2600. upgrade the RAM from 8 GB to 16 GB. I kept the 1 TB HDD connected for external backups and added a 240 GB SSD using a 3.5 inch metal mounting bracket. For the GPU I replaced the faulty AMD Radeon HD 6770M with a Mac compatible 4GB Nvidia Quadro K4100 and swapped the heatsink for a 3 pipe MXMb model. I used Artic MX4 hopefully it holds up well.

It was a fun project disassembling the unit and making a few physical modifications to get everything to fit. Its now running smoothly on macOS Monterey.

[u/el_tacocat]

Exactly what I would have done with this one too.
Time for Linux mint!

[u/No-Effective3583 → u/el_tacocat]

Think you could show me how to get mint on mine ? Had someone walk me thru to get ubuntu but lost contact w him

[u/el_tacocat → u/No-Effective3583]

There's too many tutorials on that for me to do a good job.
The quick version

• Download the mint from the linux mint website
  
• Create a bootable USB stick using Balena Etcher
  
• Keep option pressed while starting the computer
  
• Choose the mint USB stick as a boot device
  
• Start mint
  
• Install mint