1GB stick, where?

code777 · code777 #1 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 11:26 AM

I'm looking at adding a 1GB stick in my iMac since I just upgraded to Tiger.

Is Crucial going to be the best deal? They have 1GB stick for $129.

Now I have 512MB of PNY already in there (with the stock 256) so if i pull the stock 256 out and replace that with a 1GB stick would this run ok? Thanks.

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 11:32 AM

You can use Ram Seeker for finding the best price. But I can not say for the best deal, because you might find a great price and receive cheap RAM. I know that Crucial RAM is of good quality.

code777 · code777 #3 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 11:36 AM

well i guess when you look at activity monitor, and you are looking at the green part of the pie, how much should be available before the system starts running below average. I know someone said it before but i can't seem to find that post.

I think most of the times I have about 100MB free when i got like Limewire open and Safari, Mail, iTunes, and QT7, and widgets. Sometimes things stall so I'm thinking if I wanna have all these apps open at once I'm gonna need to up the RAM, yes?

or the easy way would be to close out stuff i don't need...

mynameis · mynameis #4 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 12:10 PM

newegg has 1gb sticks for under $100.

James · James #5 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 01:15 PM

Best price i have seen is newegg.com they have some Corsair ValueSelect 1 gig ram sticks for $95 per stick. Or if you like taking chances they have some Rosewell 1 gig sticks for about $80.

I have 2 gigs of the Corsair in my Powermac and 1 gig in my iMac, they work great.

mynameis · mynameis #6 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 01:25 PM

Rosewill makes good stuff...don't be fooled by the price.

James · James #7 (**permalink**)

05-10-2005, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mynameis

Rosewill makes good stuff...don't be fooled by the price.

Don't know a thing about them, never heard of them till a few days ago.

DanielNTX · DanielNTX #8 (**permalink**)

05-11-2005, 03:15 AM

Rosewill is a rebadged PQI stick: Read this thread.

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Member Since: Nov 26, 2004 Location: Pocola, Oklahoma Posts: 808 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 2.66 - 4 Gig Ram, iMac G5 2 Gig ram 20"	05-10-2005, 01:15 PM Best price i have seen is newegg.com they have some Corsair ValueSelect 1 gig ram sticks for $95 per stick. Or if you like taking chances they have some Rosewell 1 gig sticks for about $80. I have 2 gigs of the Corsair in my Powermac and 1 gig in my iMac, they work great. Mac Pro Intel 2.66 - 4 Gigs Ram - 10.6.1 - 30" Apple Monitor iMac 24" 2 gigs ram - MacBook Pro
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Member Since: Mar 19, 2005 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 52 Mac Specs: 1.58GHz OC'ed Mac mini	05-11-2005, 03:15 AM Rosewill is a rebadged PQI stick: Read this thread. Mac mini's: 1.25@1.50GHz\|1GB\|40GB\|8x DVD+/-RW DL\|AX+BT 1.42@1.58GHz\|1GB\|80GB\|8x DVD+/-RW DL\|AX+BT iBook 12":1.33GHz\|1.5GB\|80GB\|8x DVD+/-RW DL\|AX+BT iMac Core Duo 17":1.83GHz\|1.5GB\|160GB
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code777 #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-10-2005, 11:26 AM I'm looking at adding a 1GB stick in my iMac since I just upgraded to Tiger. Is Crucial going to be the best deal? They have 1GB stick for $129. Now I have 512MB of PNY already in there (with the stock 256) so if i pull the stock 256 out and replace that with a 1GB stick would this run ok? Thanks.
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mynameis #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 3,378	05-10-2005, 12:10 PM newegg has 1gb sticks for under $100.
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Member Since: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 3,378	05-10-2005, 01:25 PM Rosewill makes good stuff...don't be fooled by the price.
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