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Are there any 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz CL9 SO-DIMM kits available at a reasonable price?

AppleMacFinder

AppleMacFinder

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Well, I found Komputerbay kit for 200$ that applies to these ^^^ conditions,
but it seems kind of fishy for me: despite there are a lot of positive reviews,
there is no info about this manufacturer, he doesn't even have a website! 😕
Please tell me, do you know any reliable manufacturers with similar offerings?
 
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AppleMacFinder said:
Guess it would be better to wait until some reliable manufacturer will
come up with large capacity and fast RAM at reasonable price.
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I just bought this 16gb kit and would like to know if you want me to run any specific tests. I did not know about the CL10 vs CL9 issue.
 
Maven1975 said:
I just bought this 16gb kit and would like to know if you want me to run any specific tests. I did not know about the CL10 vs CL9 issue.
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CL is latency speed. Generally, lower is faster.

But...i think the 1600mhz will make up for the +1 CL and then some
 
There is a quite long thread on MacRumors about memory upgrades for 2011 MBPs. Take a look on this page:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1133642/

Conclusion:

1) People noticed kernel panics and other instability issues with CL7 and CL11 RAM. CL9 is 100% stable.

2) I couldn't find any information about CL8 RAM kit stability
(neither on MacRumors, nor in Google; probably because CL8 SO-DIMM RAM is pretty uncommon)
So, let's agree that CL9 is the lowest stable latency in our case
(we will become 100% sure about that only after we get info about CL8 stability)

3) Theoretically, 32GB of 1600MHz CL9 would be the best possible kit you could put inside your MBP.
Unfortunately, it will not become available until 2013-2014.

UPDATED at 15 March 2013

Finally, there is 16 GB of 1600Mhz CL9 RAM. Information taken from my post at this page!

16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz CL9 RAM comparison
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| _______________ Model ________________ | Works | tRas _ | __ Voltage | Price in $ |
| Kingston HyperX LoVo KHX16LS9P1K2/16 _ | YES _ | _ 27 _ | _ 1.35/1.5 | ___ 129 __ |
| Kingston HyperX KHX16S9P1K2/16 _______ | YES _ | _ 27 _ | ______ 1.5 | ___ 127 __ |
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