Reputable brand for RAM

OK; total newbie here. I want to upgrade my new MB Pro i5, from 4gb ram to 8gb. Can anyone tell me what brand I should consider, besides Apple (can't afford $400 right now).

Go to either:

- macsales.com
- crucial.com

Both sell good ram for Mac's.

- Nick

PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 is what it takes.

Id search that at newegg and see what shows up for cheap w/ a decent warranty.

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Memory, Laptop Memory, DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600), 8GB (2 x 4GB)

Ive used both GSkill and crucial before and they are both fine. Of the two most people on this forum would probably suggest crucial.

OWC, Crucial, Kingston, Patriot, GSkill are all decent brands for RAM, and I believe they all have lifetime warranties on their RAM.

To back Stretch, I have had the best luck with ram from OWC, Crucial and Kingston. I used to recommend Cosair but saw too many sticks either bad out of the box or fail soon after and stopped using it. Never had a bad Kingston or Crucial stick and OWC has a great warrantee also, plus OWC guarantees it will work in your machine!

Never buy aftermarket RAM from Apple. Good RAM but WAY too overpriced!

dtravis7 said:

Never buy aftermarket RAM from Apple. Good RAM but WAY too overpriced!

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Especially since it's generally just Samsung or Nanya.

Thanks guys! This is exactly the information I needed. I had a feeling there were better options than the Apple ram!

Dysfunction said:

Especially since it's generally just Samsung or Nanya.

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Agreed,

Apple memory is just an Apple sticker on samsung or whatever other branded memory.