Best Place & Price for 32GB RAM for New iMac

craigblues said:

Evening all!

Well now I have got my Shipped email from Apple, (YAY!)

I want to order the ram also so I have everything at the sametime.

Obviously I have found the Crucial memory 16GB Kits (obviously I would buy 2 Kits) Priced at £63.59 inc the dreaded VAT.

I just found this also at eBuyer, but unsure if its the same as above or not...
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Or I wondered if there was somewhere else that I missed. Thanks in advance.

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Aren't there only 2 RAM slots in the imac 27"

craigblues said:

Evening all!

Well now I have got my Shipped email from Apple, (YAY!)

I want to order the ram also so I have everything at the sametime.

Obviously I have found the Crucial memory 16GB Kits (obviously I would buy 2 Kits) Priced at £63.59 inc the dreaded VAT.

I just found this also at eBuyer, but unsure if its the same as above or not...
Linky

Or I wondered if there was somewhere else that I missed. Thanks in advance.

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shenan1982 said:

Aren't there only 2 RAM slots in the imac 27"

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Uh, FOUR.

OWC does memory, with a lifetime warranty.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/2012_27/DDR3L

I purchased memory from Crucial. They are a well known name brand, have quality products and that goes a long way when it comes to memory. You might be able to save some money elsewhere, but the potential headaches that could ensue are not worth it.

what about using amazon? and getting crucial ram?

From my research they were all around the same price for the Crucial ram. I also noticed Crucial released a new model number that they suggest for the late 2012 iMac.

What are you gonna be using 32GB for? Just curious

best one !

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-1600...8103391&sr=8-2&keywords=kingston+8gb+ram+1600

I got mine from crucial. Saved 7% via quidco as well

craigblues said:

Thanks but I'm in UK.

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I'm in Australia... What's your point?
Did you need it tomorrow or something?

OWC I think are okay. I did see someone advertise 32GB for $195. Forget where though.

Tanax said:

What are you gonna be using 32GB for? Just curious

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he probably does video and 3d work. If you do high res stuff it will quickly eat up even 32GB. Computers aren't only for gaming

turtlez said:

he probably does video and 3d work. If you do high res stuff it will quickly eat up even 32GB. Computers aren't only for gaming

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Or he could just be one of those who thinks he needs to "max out" and "future proof" his machine by getting what everyone else gets. Hence the question what he needs it for - which btw, he has failed to answer so far.

Tanax said:

Or he could just be one of those who thinks he needs to "max out" and "future proof" his machine by getting what everyone else gets. Hence the question what he needs it for - which btw, he has failed to answer so far.

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perhaps but who cares lol, why do you even need to know. RAM is cheap anyway, may as well max it out.

craigblues said:

Well shall I answer all these questions. Ha!

One I do Video and Photo editing all day everyday. Plus for £120 for 32GB Ram to have the full capabilities of the £2200 machine I've just purchased just sounds the right thing to do...

I was basically confirming which brand I should go for. But I think I knew the answer from the start. Crucial it is.

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Still getting 16Gb (plus the 8 original) you'll have more RAM than you need, and spend the extra 60 quid on something else.

turtlez said:

perhaps but who cares lol, why do you even need to know. RAM is cheap anyway, may as well max it out.

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craigblues said:

Well shall I answer all these questions. Ha!

One I do Video and Photo editing all day everyday. Plus for £120 for 32GB Ram to have the full capabilities of the £2200 machine I've just purchased just sounds the right thing to do...

I was basically confirming which brand I should go for. But I think I knew the answer from the start. Crucial it is.

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Completely useless if you're not using it.
"May as well max it out" is exactly the kind of reasoning that is plain stupid and quite frankly, even idiotic.

Having the full capabilities of something doesn't mean anything if you can't use the machine to its full capability. 16GB will be more than enough for some photo and video editing. As a reference, I did video and photo editing on my MBP '09 with 4GB of RAM and never had any problems.

As a sidenote, you can add more RAM later if you do end up needing more. I would get 16GB and add more as time goes on if I need more. Just my 2 cents. But hey, your life and your money. Spend it on useless things if you wish

So what would justify more RAM?

Personally, I want to run Parallels with a couple of VM's running at once, at least...I think that justifies a reasonable RAM upgrade.

Very large image editing.....probably at a professional level (not just photographs)...

3D Rendering and image manipulation.....

Professional level video/music editing maybe?

Anything else.....?

Gavzooka said:

So what would justify more RAM?

Personally, I want to run Parallels with a couple of VM's running at once, at least...I think that justifies a reasonable RAM upgrade.

Very large image editing.....probably at a professional level (not just photographs)...

3D Rendering and image manipulation.....

Professional level video/music editing maybe?

Anything else.....?

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Are you doing all those at once? And are you doing any of those for a living or just a hobby?

I'd say that you might benefit from 16GB but still probably don't need as much as 32GB. In any case, getting 16GB(2x8GB) at first won't hurt. If you notice that things are running slow, get 2x8GB more and you'll have 32GB.

Tanax said:

I'd say that you might benefit from 16GB but still probably don't need as much as 32GB. In any case, getting 16GB(2x8GB) at first won't hurt. If you notice that things are running slow, get 2x8GB more and you'll have 32GB.

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I agree with this, why not try 24GB (2 x 4GB it comes with and then buy 2 x 8GB aftermarket). I mean people can do what they want, but it seems to make more sense than just tossing 8GB of RAM you paid for (when you bought the machine). I did the same thing with my 27" late 2009. It came with 2 - 2GB sticks and I just stuck in 2 x 4GB's to get me to 12GB. It was plenty for me for me and then I sold it about a year and a half later to buy my Macbook Pro.

Now if you are running a laptop (i.e. Macbook Pro) then you have to toss the memory it came with since it only has two slots.

I have a 32MB stick you can have for free!

paulrbeers said:

I agree with this, why not try 24GB (2 x 4GB it comes with and then buy 2 x 8GB aftermarket). I mean people can do what they want, but it seems to make more sense than just tossing 8GB of RAM you paid for (when you bought the machine). I did the same thing with my 27" late 2009. It came with 2 - 2GB sticks and I just stuck in 2 x 4GB's to get me to 12GB. It was plenty for me for me and then I sold it about a year and a half later to buy my Macbook Pro.

Now if you are running a laptop (i.e. Macbook Pro) then you have to toss the memory it came with since it only has two slots.

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This makes even more sense. 24GB should be plenty enough for most people!

T'hain Esh Kelch said:

I have a 32MB stick you can have for free!

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LOL, I didn't even notice the typo in the title XD

Tanax said:

Are you doing all those at once? And are you doing any of those for a living or just a hobby?

I'd say that you might benefit from 16GB but still probably don't need as much as 32GB. In any case, getting 16GB(2x8GB) at first won't hurt. If you notice that things are running slow, get 2x8GB more and you'll have 32GB.

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I'm not doing any but the virtualisation but....I'm just suggesting so that people have an idea what extra RAM is useful for. Unsure on Mac OS but for 3D rendering on a Windows more RAM makes a huge difference as it reduces the time data has to spend on a scratch disk. Same applies on large images, not so sure about large video files though.

For virtualisation, I'd be running between 2-4Gb per virtual machine and therefore 16Gb is probably plenty. However, I have to mock up test environments from time to time where I have to run multiple workstations and servers within the VM environment, so 32Gb would help with that....on PC they're not the fastest as you have to balance the load across processor cores but it does the job for what I need....I'm hoping the same is possible on my iMac when it arrives...