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Is "OWC" a reliable source for upgrading RAM, harddrive, etc. yourself?

Also, would you recommend getting these components from OWC rather than Apple? I've heard they charge much more for extra ram or more harddrive space than they should
 
^yes and search much? OWC is one of the highest regarded places to buy ram around here.
 
I ordered a 240gb OWC Mercury Extreme SSD from them late last week (i'm in Australia). It arrived yesterday, well packed and installation was a breeze. I felt confident after browsing through these forums that they were well regarded and their products high quality. I would certainly order from them again
 
psychsplash said:
I ordered a 240gb OWC Mercury Extreme SSD from them late last week (i'm in Australia). It arrived yesterday, well packed and installation was a breeze. I felt confident after browsing through these forums that they were well regarded and their products high quality. I would certainly order from them again
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yup same here mate, was really well packed. hows the drive?
 
OWC is awesome

Great service, high quality components, fast shipping. I've bought almost 10 times from them. From OWC Mercure Elipe Pro Firewire 800 Drive, to Crucial C300 SSD to my new MBP.
 
OWC is THE place to go for Mac peripherals, and has been for years. I recommend all my friends shop there. Over the years I've got a few dead drive cases and so on from OWC, but they always made things right. Other places know PCs: OWC knows Macs.
 
OWC has been great to me for years. Excellent prices, great customer service. You can't go wrong with them. And while Apple prices on RAM have come down, you'll still do better with third party.
 
psychsplash said:
I havent run any benchmarks, but the responsiveness of applications, and even just navigating with finder is so much better. It now performs how I expected my macbook pro to perform. what was I thinking with the 5400 HDD??!!
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ive got a 500GB 5400rpm in mine at the moment. it runs ok, doesnt bother me - i just dont have the funds nor trust in SSDs yet to purchase them, despite the massive speed increases!
 
DoFoT9 said:
ive got a 500GB 5400rpm in mine at the moment. it runs ok, doesnt bother me - i just dont have the funds nor trust in SSDs yet to purchase them, despite the massive speed increases!
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I admittedly had the funds to play with and enjoy tinkering, although opening up the macbook pro was much different to opening up my PC case. My 5400 drive has been safely sequestered in case of SSD failure. I'll definitely look into SSD for my next PC build.
 
psychsplash said:
I admittedly had the funds to play with and enjoy tinkering, although opening up the macbook pro was much different to opening up my PC case. My 5400 drive has been safely sequestered in case of SSD failure. I'll definitely look into SSD for my next PC build.
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ahh lucky you. id like to replace 500GB with a 512GB SSD, as i use ALOT of data - so at this stage its certainly not feasible!
 
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