Imac 2017 cpu upgrade

[amadii]

TLDR: can an IMAC 27in 2017 be upgraded with 8th/9th gen processors?

Found a listing for an iMac 2017 at a really good price and am considering it, problem is it uses an i5-7600 cpu (4 cores, non hyperthreaded), personally would rather have more than that (perhaps a 9700k or so) so would it be possible to upgrade the cpu to an 8th/9th gen processor?, they do have the same socket?

[filpo]

Just now, amadii said:

TLDR: can an IMAC 27in 2017 be upgraded with 8th/9th gen processors?

Found a listing for an iMac 2017 at a really good price and am considering it, problem is it uses an i5-7600 cpu (4 cores, non hyperthreaded), personally would rather have more than that (perhaps a 9700k or so) so would it be possible to upgrade the cpu to an 8th/9th gen processor?, they do have the same socket?

an iMac uses the same layout as a laptop (kind of) except more spaced out. I.e. The cpu and gpu are soldered so you won't be able to change them at all unless you have a steady hand and really know what your doing (its not just plug and play like a desktop cpu)

You can upgrade the ram since it won't soldered and maybe the storage but that's about it. Maybe something else but not the cpu/gpu 

[amadii]

2 minutes ago, filpo said:

an iMac uses the same layout as a laptop (kind of) except more spaced out. I.e. The cpu and gpu are soldered so you won't be able to change them at all unless you have a steady hand and really know what your doing (its not just plug and play like a desktop cpu)

You can upgrade the ram since it won't soldered and maybe the storage but that's about it. Maybe something else but not the cpu/gpu 

not talking about m1 imacs, this one is socketed

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, amadii said:

not talking about m1 imacs, this one is socketed

Oh ye, I was talking about my 2008 and my dads 2013 imac (which might be upgradeable)

If it does have a socket then it'll work but I might make sure first. If you know it does then it should work. Luke Miani did something like this on a 21.5 inch imac and put an i9 in it. It took a long time apparently 

 

[amadii]

11 minutes ago, filpo said:

Oh ye, I was talking about my 2008 and my dads 2013 imac (which might be upgradeable)

If it does have a socket then it'll work but I might make sure first. If you know it does then it should work. Luke Miani did something like this on a 21.5 inch imac and put an i9 in it. It took a long time apparently 

 

I know that it's socketed, the problem is I'm worried theres some kind of lock on the logic board which may prevent me from upgrading, the video you showed confirmed that it will work on 2019 imac, the one Im talking about is 2017

[amadii]

Ok I may aswell rephrase this, would the imac 2017 (the 2017 model) be capable of being upgraded to an 8th/9th gen processor or would there be any chipset/bios/firmware locks that would prevent it?

[svmlegacy]

1 hour ago, amadii said:

TLDR: can an IMAC 27in 2017 be upgraded with 8th/9th gen processors?

Found a listing for an iMac 2017 at a really good price and am considering it, problem is it uses an i5-7600 cpu (4 cores, non hyperthreaded), personally would rather have more than that (perhaps a 9700k or so) so would it be possible to upgrade the cpu to an 8th/9th gen processor?, they do have the same socket?

8th/9th gen techincally use the same socket, but are incompatible with 6th/7th gen systems.

 

Apple could have done anything to the firmware, the safest upgrade would be a i7-7700, with a chance of a 7700K working.