Oh, and also, I want to replace the SATA hard drive with a 2.5in SSD (probably samsung 840 EVO) and use the original hard drive for backup. Thanks, and any information/insight is appreciated! If anyone could help clear some of the confusion im having up, it would be greatly appreciated. I am thoroughly confused by all of this contradicting terminology, and would like to know for certain what works and what doesn't, because if the SSD connector on the board can't be upgraded, I would like to know that before I buy the iMac. Or is it an mSATA? M.2? x1? Which of those are considered "PCIe" when people talk about a "PCIe SSD"? I realize Apple and everyone says "PCIe SSD", but what exactly does that entail? Can anyone who knows for certain (maybe worked on one of these) what kind of connector it is? Cause further down in the comments, someone mentions that it is a proprietary connector, in which case an Appple SSD from a macbook air/pro on eBay will be the only thing that will work. In the summery bullets, they quote: "Budget-minded folks now can add a second hard drive to the base iMac because the Fusion Drive connector is no longer missing from the logic board." However, this isn't very clear on what kind of hard drive. Their teardown of the iMac shows the pcie connector free on the board if you only order a HDD option (what I am planning to do). I recently have been reading a ton of the replacement guides on the late 2013 27in iMac over at ifixit. Here is where I fall into some confusion: I am planning on upgrading the CPU, RAM, and storage. I have looked into the whole "DIY AIO" thing with the Gigabyte motherboards and the Loop chassis, but they dont offer the power that the iMac does sadly. I am looking into buying the base level iMac (late 2013 27in) and then upgrading it myself. *I did already post this over at Tom's hardware, but everything I ever post there seems to just get buried with no responses, so I figured this, being a more Apple-centric forum, maybe you guys could help.*
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