Do MacBooks have issues with certain 3rd Party RAM?

[techmonkey]

I checked Corsairs site, and this RAM is compatible. I'm curious if anyone here uses this RAM, and if there are any issues.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145012

I would buy (2) sticks.

In general, does the MacBook have issues with certain RAM?

 

[fleurya]

I think RAM is pretty universal; you're not going to have a certain brand that is sure to work or not work. All of them should work. You just have to remember that you get what you pay for, so if there's any concern an extra $20 or so may go a long way in making you feel more comfortable.

 

[Virusyn]

using corsair it works fine, dont let people tell u that u need to buy mac brand ram, most ram will do just fine

 

[Village Idiot]

The only stuff I'd stay away from is the extremely cheap sticks as some bargain companies are more prone to failure, and memory failure can leave you sitting there scratching your head if you've never seen any symptons of it before.

Corsair is by no means a bargain brand. Another thing you -may- (and it's a stretch) want to look into is learning about the latency numbers. Lower latency ram is faster and will work better with memory intensive products, but I can say that there's not too much you're going to be working with on a macbook that latency is going to matter a good deal.

It's designated by the 4 or 5 numbers with the dashes between them
ex: 4-4-4-12

Wiki on the subject
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_latency

 

[mynameis]

MacBook Pros have issues. My friend had 2 different brands that he had trouble with in his MBP but worked fine in an HP laptop. MacBooks could be different, but I am just pointing out that there are some instances where ram that should work just doesn't.

I like Transcend.

 

[Prise]

In general, does the MacBook have issues with certain RAM?

It's very hard to say, but all motherboards will have issues with certain types of RAM with in varying degrees. Some more, some less, and some are work well with any kind of RAM.

The only way to be sure is to check the results of those who have tried your make of RAM on the Macbook Pros mainboard. The odds are that it should work, but you can't be 100% certain without verifying the RAM having been used on the Mac's board.

Also, you might wanna check latency and clock speed preferences.

Good luck!

 

[technologist]

All Macs are extremely sensitive to memory defects. Memory that works just fine in a PC may cause kernel panics in a Mac; this goes for any Mac.

"Discount" memory is no different than "Premium-brand" memory, but might not have been as thoroughly tested. Far more important is the return policy of the company you buy it from.

If your Mac has stability problems after installing new memory, return it and get another module.

 

[gilesjuk]

There's always one brand of RAM and chipset that won't work. If you stick to a well known brand you should be ok. I used Kingston and that works fine.