Upgrading Memory --- Suggestions?

superqwerty · Mar 14, 2008

I see that most people buy their memory from Crucial. What other brands would you also recommend?

harryb2448 · Mar 14, 2008

Can recommend OWC. They are Mac specialist, competitively priced and with a lifetime guarantee. Here is a link:-

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory

techound1 · Mar 14, 2008

I go with datamem.com. Lifetime warranty (nearly everyone is doing this now), great price (the best I found at the time). They're one state away from me so it's next-day-shipping-for-the-price-of-ground too.

Noels · Mar 14, 2008

superqwerty,

Go to Newegg and take a lot at their variety. I like Corsair, Patriot, Mushkin and Crucial. Their prices are pretty decent - see 3GB Corsair for about $80... Go here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=551&N=2013340551. I bought 4GB Muskin for my Macbook there last week for $80.

Noel

rohan · Mar 15, 2008

i ordered mine from kingston

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/con...turer=APP&WildCard=macbook+pro&OriginalSysPN=

jneusch · Mar 15, 2008

+1 for OWC. I have upgraded RAM on 2 Macs with OWC RAM. Both machines are running great and I received the RAM quickly.

vansouza · Mar 16, 2008

harryb2448 said:
Can recommend OWC. They are Mac specialist, competitively priced and with a lifetime guarantee. Here is a link:-

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory

Agree totally 100%
+1

XTTX · Mar 16, 2008

Does anybody know if these modules are compatible?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231154

On paper it looks fine, but does anybody know for certain?

nbrowser · Mar 16, 2008

I use Corsair in any new PC build, plus both my eMacs are loaded with Corsair, ultra reliable stuff, even the value line is decent.

Noels · Mar 16, 2008

XTTX said:
Does anybody know if these modules are compatible?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231154

On paper it looks fine, but does anybody know for certain?

On my PC forum, computerpowerusers.com, most of the folks there tend to stay away from GSkill. They, and I, prefer Corsair, OCZ, Mushkin and Patriot or Crucial. If you get any one of those brands, I'd say you're OK.

I personally bought Mushkin because Newegg had a great price for 4GB at the time. I'd say look for the better brands, most for the money...

Noel

XTTX · Mar 17, 2008

Noels said:
On my PC forum, computerpowerusers.com, most of the folks there tend to stay away from GSkill. They, and I, prefer Corsair, OCZ, Mushkin and Patriot or Crucial. If you get any one of those brands, I'd say you're OK.

I personally bought Mushkin because Newegg had a great price for 4GB at the time. I'd say look for the better brands, most for the money...

Noel

I actually love G-Skill memory. I would rate them as high quality performance wise (not sure about reliability, but my sticks have worked just fine.) The reason I wanted to use the G-Skill RAM that I pointed out was because the timing on those modules were 4-4-4-12 instead of the 5-5-5-15 that the other modules offer. Anyways, another reason why I like G-Skill is because my desktop memory that they sold me had the Micron D9 chip, which is just awesome

. Plus, they're cheap.

Edit:
BTW, can you give a specific reason for why you don't like/trust G.Skill? I'm quite interested actually.