My recommendation would be to buy a big capacity hybrid 3 5 drive with the sensor kit to replace the main failing hdd plus a 512gb ssd connected to the second sata to use as the primary boot drive.
Imac 2011 hybrid drive.
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These seem to mostly max out at about 8gb of ssd but can cost under 100 for a 1tb 8gb model.
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Apple announced it will be including hybrid drive technology in its new imac and mac mini desktops which will offer flash like performance with up to 3tb of hard drive capacity.
You ll end up with a really fast imac with loads of storage.
The hard drive on my 27 imac 2011 has failed.
A hybrid drive is a single drive that combines a ssd with a hard drive.
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My machine is a 27 mid 2011 imac with a 3 4 ghz processor and 16gb of ram.
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