You’ll need a larger 2.5-inch HDD or 2.5-inch SSD, the Logic Board Removal Tool, and the Essential Electronics Toolkit.
To upgrade the existing 2.5-inch drive(s) to a larger capacity HDD or to a high performance SSD, follow this guide. By default, this model is configured with a 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive connected to 6.0Gb/s SATA port.There are no tools required to install the RAM, just follow this guide. This Mac Mini can be upgraded to a total of 16GB (8GB + 8GB) of RAM if running OS X 10.7.5 and the latest EFI.
