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Anyone upgrade their drives in their new minis?

jmcgeejr

jmcgeejr

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Just thinking that I may convert my 2010 mini into a server and then get myself a new one, however I refuse to pay apples upgrade prices. I can get the same ram from newegg for 80 and I have an intel SSD I would rather use. Cheers!
 
I did a BTO Mac Mini Server. The HDD Upgrade was only 100$ for two 750GB's. I couldn't resist. I'll get my Mini next weekend and from there will upgrade the RAM to hopefully 16GB's, depending if Corsair or OWC release anything. I can't find any dual 8GB RAM Chips though, just dual 4GB's.
 
qCzar said:
I did a BTO Mac Mini Server. The HDD Upgrade was only 100$ for two 750GB's. I couldn't resist. I'll get my Mini next weekend and from there will upgrade the RAM to hopefully 16GB's, depending if Corsair or OWC release anything. I can't find any dual 8GB RAM Chips though, just dual 4GB's.
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I did same here!

What are the chances it will accept more RAM then specked by Apple?
 
Hopefully very likely. I've been searching around for 2011 iMacs with non-Corsair or OWC RAM. Haven't had much luck, but if the 2011 iMac can accept 16GB's (8GBx2) from another manufacturer I'm betting the 2011 Mini will as well.
 
qCzar said:
Hopefully very likely. I've been searching around for 2011 iMacs with non-Corsair or OWC RAM. Haven't had much luck, but if the 2011 iMac can accept 16GB's (8GBx2) from another manufacturer I'm betting the 2011 Mini will as well.
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Forgive me for not knowing this, but is the iMac only spec'd up to 8GB? If people have been feeding it 16GB of RAM, how's it been recepted? Any results?

I would love to know if a mini would accept 16GB, especially before I go ahead and plunk down $$$ for a RAM upgrade!
 
I expect if no one else does, OWC will test 16GB (2x8GB) RAM in the new Minis. I'd keep an eye on their blog (http://blog.macsales.com/). They are a good source of information about things like this. I've never bought anything from them, but may at some point.
 
today my 599 base model arrives I plan to clone the internal to a ssd and put the ssd in the machine. I also plan to add 8gb ram to it.
 
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