Best choice for ram upgrade

[sourceninja]

I'm going to upgrade my macbook pro to 4 gigs of ram.

I was wondering what the best brand was.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...97&bop=And&Order=PRICE

I'm thinking kingston is probably the best way to go. Any suggestions?

 

[Kmax82]

I have Transcend and haven't had any issues.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...text-_-N82E16820233066 this is only 60 bucks. I had Kingston ordered tonight but I canceled it and ordered this instead. i think this has better latency - whatever that means.

 

[sourceninja]

I think I'm going with http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820134373

The one you linked is now 80 bucks and this one is 68 bucks.

 

[dclive]

$24 at Fry's for 2x2g. I may grab some later today.

 

[dclive]

FYI: As long as it's DDR2-5300 or better, it will work; I'm not sure how one would quantify "best" for a commodity part. I typically call "best" that which is cheapest and fully works. $24 for 2 x 2GB chips is a good deal to me.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I've used G.Skill in two different Macbooks and I never had issues.

 

[TheStu]

I have Corsair in my MacBook, and will probably replace it with more Corsair once I finally break down and get 2GB.

 

[dmw16]

I have G.Skill in one and Crucial in the other. No problem with either.

Specific Mac memory for a modern macbook is for suckers.

 

[Tyranicus]

IMHO, unless you're overclocking (which I don't think you can do on a Mac anyway), it really doesn't matter what brand of RAM you buy, as long as you get the right speed.

 

[sourceninja]

I went ahead and ordered http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820134373

 

[dmw16]

Could have been had cheaper, but it's your money

 

[Ns1]

Question, I have the black macbook w/2gb of ram.

I presume there is 1x 2gb in there.

What do you guys do when you upgrade ram? Buy another 2gbx1, or buy 2gbx2 and sell the original?

Something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820233066

 

[Kmax82]

Actually Apple always uses the smallest possible when RAM is concerned.. So if you have 2 GB in the machine, it's more than likely (99% chance) that it's 2x1GB sticks. So I always order pairs of RAM, unless I just simply can't afford it, then I'll get a single stick and upgrade to the other stick later on.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Kmax82
Actually Apple always uses the smallest possible when RAM is concerned.. So if you have 2 GB in the machine, it's more than likely (99% chance) that it's 2x1GB sticks. So I always order pairs of RAM, unless I just simply can't afford it, then I'll get a single stick and upgrade to the other stick later on.

oh no shit?

so how do those 2x2 I linked to look?

I presume osx on my older MB can support 4gb?

 

[Kmax82]

How old is your MB? If it's pre-SantaRosa, I don't believe you can use more than 3GB of RAM.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Kmax82
Actually Apple always uses the smallest possible when RAM is concerned.. So if you have 2 GB in the machine, it's more than likely (99% chance) that it's 2x1GB sticks. So I always order pairs of RAM, unless I just simply can't afford it, then I'll get a single stick and upgrade to the other stick later on.

oh no shit?

so how do those 2x2 I linked to look?

I presume osx on my older MB can support 4gb?

It has nothing to do with OS X (after all the Mac Pro supports 32GB of RAM) and has to do with the chipset.

First Gen MacBook (Core Duo) - 2GB RAM limit
Second Gen MacBook (Core 2 Duo) - 3GB RAM limit (3.3 if you put in 2*2GB)
Third Gen MacBook (Santa Rosa Core 2 Duo) - 4GB RAM limit
Fourth Gen MacBook (Penryn Core 2 Duo) - 4GB RAM limit
Fifth Gen MacBook (Aluminum Core 2 Duo) - 6GB RAM limit (again I think this is a chipset limitation of some kind, but I am not positive)

 

[Ns1]

TheStu-

Thanks. I have the one that's before the current version, so I'd imagine it's 4g MB.

 

[xanis]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148201

I got that RAM above back on Black Friday. It works fine.