What RAM do you have in it now?
This is what mine is running:
RAM Type: PC3-8500 DDR3 ECC Min. RAM Speed: 1066 MHz
Details: Uses "1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM" (PC3-8500) modules.
UPDATE
Yes that faster RAM will work fine.
However it's not going to give you much bang for your buck and mixing RAM speeds is not a good idea and can cause issues. So you would need to pull the older RAM.
Your BEST UPGRADE PATH right of the bat is to go to an SSD drive.
OWC carries an adaptive drive sled: https://eshop.macsales.com/upgrades/mac-...
The size of the drive is according to your storage needs. See how much space you are currently using on your boot drive. I started with a 256 but within a month moved to a 500GB. But I have two other drive I use for storage and another one for a Time Machine Backup.
CPU upgrades Oh Yes! This machine can be turned into a fire breather and blow away the newer models. Let me know if want more info on doing this.
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Will the faster ram chips also help? I know more ram will and the faster ram is only $5 more for 32GB
par jeffreystern
What do you have in it now? I know a great deal about the upgradability of this machine, work with me. I will be writing the guides on it this month along with upgrade paths.
par mayer
Believe I have the same RAM as you listed but at the moment on 8GB. On OWC it looks like the faster RAM that I listed will work in either 2009 or 2010 machines so figured if my MAC is now posing as a 2010 that it should take advantage of the faster Chips. Thought I read in one of the original posts that upping the firmware to 5,1 would allow the 6 core to take full advantage of the faster chip so am hoping will do the same with my quad core. I mostly use the machine for Graphic Design work.
par jeffreystern