Fastest ram for Macbook pro?

I'm looking to buy a Macbook pro, but I've been told by a few people to not by RAM from Apple and just buy RAM off newegg or somewhere..

I was wondering which are compatible and the fastest?

Apple overcharges for ram.

Easiest way is to scan your system from Crucial. You can also check out OWC.

Thanks for the link. Any idea what is the fastest speed RAM Macbook pro will support?

I looked at some of the RAMs.. is DDR2 PC2-5300 the fastest or is there better?

DVS_WiNdz said:

Thanks for the link. Any idea what is the fastest speed RAM Macbook pro will support?

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Which model do you have? (processor, screen size)

Soulwar said:

Which model do you have? (processor, screen size)

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I'm looking to buy one.. but I know I'm going to get the 2.5GHz/17"
Unless if I'm able to get faster RAM with the 2.6 I'll think about getting that one.

DVS_WiNdz said:

I'm looking to buy a Macbook pro, but I've been told by a few people to not by RAM from Apple and just buy RAM off newegg or somewhere..

I was wondering which are compatible and the fastest?

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On a related note, I spoke to an independent Mac technician just yesterday and he said the latest line of Macbooks is being released in 3-weeks. I'm not sure if there will be any change in ram, but it would probably be wise to wait that 3-weeks so you can get the very latest MB pro.

warnerbrown said:

On a related note, I spoke to an independent Mac technician just yesterday and he said the latest line of Macbooks is being released in 3-weeks. I'm not sure if there will be any change in ram, but it would probably be wise to wait that 3-weeks so you can get the very latest MB pro.

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hmm.. interesting.. I was hoping they release a quad-core macbook pro.. but I just couldn't wait and just decided to go with a Macbook Pro..

3 weeks doesn't seem that long.. I guess I can hold off till then.. but I still want to know what the fastest RAM I am able to use on the current Macbook pro.

DVS_WiNdz said:

hmm.. interesting.. I was hoping they release a quad-core macbook pro.. but I just couldn't wait and just decided to go with a Macbook Pro..

3 weeks doesn't seem that long.. I guess I can hold off till then.. but I still want to know what the fastest RAM I am able to use on the current Macbook pro.

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2GIG each in 2 slots , thats 4GB Maximum.

mojonandha said:

2GIG each in 2 slots , thats 4GB Maximum.

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I meant maximum speed of the RAM, I know it's can support up to 4GB of RAM.

DVS_WiNdz said:

I'm looking to buy one.. but I know I'm going to get the 2.5GHz/17"
Unless if I'm able to get faster RAM with the 2.6 I'll think about getting that one.

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http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/53C4DDR2P4GB/

Fastest I've seen yet!

DVS_WiNdz,

Most of the third party Mac memory I've seen is PC 5300 DDR2 667, but I mistakenly bought some PC 6400 DDR2 800 at Best Buy and wondered if I could use it. The Apple guy in Best Buy told me "no problem" but I ended up returning it and buying the lower speed. (I was chicken ) I think you could get away with the 800...

Noel