Your opinion. RAM. Whats decent, enough?

[Axxis22]

any of these??? DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) ???

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=17&N=2000170147+50001455+1052308476+1052408745&Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1455&SubCategory=147

yes no maybe?

 

[mr g5]

It needs to be ECC fully buddered. Also apple RAM need special heat sinks. this is the only ram the meets apples requirments.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpa...ro&mfr=Apple&tabid=AM&model=Mac+Pro&submit=Go

 

[CanadaRAM]

FB-DIMMs 667 MHz, ECC (Error Correcting) Fully Buffered is required.
Ordinary DDR2 DIMMs will NOT work - do not confuse these with DDR2-667 MHz / PC2-5400 RAM.

Not correct that the Crucial is the only RAM that meets the heat requirements. Barefeats.com did a test of OWC, TransInternational and Data Memory Systems RAM and they all were well below (like, half of) the temperature limits under stress testing. All were equal to or better than Apple's stock RAM. And some of them were considerably less money than Apple or Crucial

yes no maybe?

Definitely No.

NewEgg - are you serious? This is the company that doesn't guarantee compatibility on anything, and charges customers restocking charges 2x as often as the industry average (source, PCWorld customer satisfaction survey) You want PC generic, fine, but personally I would not touch NewEgg for Mac memory. Note: The FB-DIMMs that NewEgg lists are the ones that Crucial and Kingston withdrew from the MacPro market...

Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com

 

[mr g5]

thx, i got this info a while ago, so I did't know that other companies also make the correct type of RAM. btw do you have the barefeats comparison test?

 

[CanadaRAM]

thx, i got this info a while ago, so I did't know that other companies also make the correct type of RAM. btw do you have the barefeats comparison test?

--Linked from my post
Barefeats.com http://www.barefeats.com/quad09.html

To clarify a bit further -- there isn't a correct type, per se. The RAM needs to move the heat off the chips, especially the buffer, and into the airflow. This can be done with a U or W shaped heatsink, a ribbed heatsink, or an extra-thick flat metal heatsink. It's apparent that the standard thin pressed-aluminum heatspreader is not enough. All three designs of the tested RAM did well.

There is a company selling an aftermarket ribbed heatsink - which is well and good, but the RAM's warranty will be voided as soon as you remove the factory heatsink, so what you gain on the swing you lose on the roundabout.

For the earlier OT poster: Powerbooks do not need, nor will they benefit from, matched RAM. Dual Channel RAM capability was introduced to the notebook line with the intel MacBook / MacBook Pro

Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com

 

[rgkgraphix]

What about 3GB? Any problems with installing (2) 1GB sticks along with the (2) 512's?

I haven't had any problems with Newegg charging a restock fee. I had to send a motherboard back and they took it back and even refunded my cost to ship it back. ZipZoomFly charged me for sending unopend Ram back though.

 

[Axxis22]

What about 3GB? Any problems with installing (2) 1GB sticks along with the (2) 512's?

same question.

 

[CT2]

Is it too late to ask, so it's better to instlal 4 FB-DIMMs? Do I need to set sth else after install the ram?

I have the original 2 512 ram which came with Mac Pro, so i better add 2 of 512 or 2 of 1GB only.

 

[Axxis22]

I added 2 1gigs

Everything is running fine

 

[christm]

16 gigs.. that should just barely make it..

lol !

ya i think 2 gb will be fine

 

[SunsetRoadzter]

So to get quad channel working, Where do you install the next two sticks at? There are 8 slots there in two 4 slot cards. I know from past PC builds that location is important in that regard.

Dan

 

[SunsetRoadzter]

Here's alink to newegg's memory for the mac pro. It's a great price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820150080

Dan

 

[Mike.Bowden]

I would suggest 4allmemory.com, they had the best priced memory for my Mac Pro and they got it here the very next day with no extra charge on shipping....

 

[jgrimes80]

I don't use a Mac Pro, but I recently outfitted one on my staff with one...

We bought the RAM from Ramjet.com ... The experience was fine and saved us about a grand. The Apple Store wanted 2700 to UPGRADE to 8GB (4x2GB); here's a link for 17ish

http://www.ramjet.com/ItemDescription.asp?Item=MP8G

We saved a bundle!!! Usually I just pay for it to spare me the trouble; it was fairly easy to install (w/ instructions of course), saved us 1 grand, AND we were able to sell the 2 512MB for $100/each.

Ramjet can count on my repeat business...