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Who's using 32GB Corsair Vengeance successfully in 2012 iMac?
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The RAM doesn't set the voltage, I believe. It's the computer that sets that. I remember from my PC days that if I put higher-voltage-requirement RAM in my PC I had to adjust the timings in the BIOS to run it. With that logic, if the iMac didn't want to run at 1.5v, it won't. I can't change any settings. Thus, I'm not even remotely worried.
Been running the Vengeance on my MBP for over 2 weeks now with zero issues. My computer isn't melting either and memtest gave the chips a clean bill of health.
People seem to have this misconception that Macs are more picky about RAM. That may have beem true from PPC days but contemporary Macs use the the same off the shelf parts from Intel that other manufacturers also use.
People seem to have this misconception that Macs are more picky about RAM. That may have beem true from PPC days but contemporary Macs use the the same off the shelf parts from Intel that other manufacturers also use.
Actually this memory (Corsair) doesn't say 1.35V/1.5V. It just says 1.5V. No 2 modes. I'm not completely sure either. But I'd stick to 1.35V what Apple intended.
Right, but what I'm saying is that it's not the RAM that sets 1.5V. It's the computer. If it wasn't compatible it wouldn't work.
installed 4 X 8gb GSkill and is working perfect.
ran rember test and passed.
Had 3 kits of these here and decided to give it a try.Stoked!!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231582
paid $64 for 16gb couple of months back.
ran rember test and passed.
Had 3 kits of these here and decided to give it a try.Stoked!!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231582
paid $64 for 16gb couple of months back.
iFix shows that the RAM in the teardown of iMac 21.5 is a 1.5V RAM.
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Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB http://www.compuram.de/en/memory_module
should be the same of 'iMac 27''
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB http://www.compuram.de/en/memory_module
should be the same of 'iMac 27''
Nice find! Yup, the RAM in the 2012 iMacs is already 1.5V.
So it's sort of touché. I wouldn't want to put Crucial 1.35V RAM in my iMac! Undervolting could definitely cause stability issues.
http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.aspx?itemid=1462333880
And here's a picture of the RAM from my 27":
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So it's sort of touché. I wouldn't want to put Crucial 1.35V RAM in my iMac! Undervolting could definitely cause stability issues.
http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.aspx?itemid=1462333880
And here's a picture of the RAM from my 27":
returning Ram and Imac 27
So not sure how to read all of the 1.5 etc that I am reading in this thread.
BUT wanted to add that I have added 4 8 gb to make the 32 gb machine.
I have had the mac since dec 21 and it was working fine. Then one day it would trun on but you could not select the user to get signed in. Basically the mouse was moving but you could not click anything.
i turned if off and then back on..and it worked. A week later - today I am at the apple store for a one on one and it did the same thing. They checked a few things and basically recommended returning the 27 inch for a new one. So I am sending it back..
reading this thread about problems with the ram..I am curious it could have been the RAM?
What problems are people seeing..
So not sure how to read all of the 1.5 etc that I am reading in this thread.
BUT wanted to add that I have added 4 8 gb to make the 32 gb machine.
I have had the mac since dec 21 and it was working fine. Then one day it would trun on but you could not select the user to get signed in. Basically the mouse was moving but you could not click anything.
i turned if off and then back on..and it worked. A week later - today I am at the apple store for a one on one and it did the same thing. They checked a few things and basically recommended returning the 27 inch for a new one. So I am sending it back..
reading this thread about problems with the ram..I am curious it could have been the RAM?
What problems are people seeing..
wtf, i just got my 27 in along with the 32 gb or corsair ram i ordered, apparently im an idiot because i ordered the desktop ram which i assume was what i needed, and its way to big (physically in size to fit). So you guys using the corsair got the one that says laptop? Like this one here, is this the version you guys ordered? I put this one in my macbook pro, didnt realized it worked for the imac as well...*******!!!!
and why the **** does it say laptop!!!
and why the **** does it say laptop!!!
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That looks like the right one.
I ordered this...
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Venge...758168&sr=8-2&keywords=corsair+vengeance+16gb
thanks man, dammit thats the one i was going to oder until i saw it said laptop....why does it say laptop? Do you know?
Because.... it IS laptop memory! The iMac uses laptop memory.
lol dumbass thanks william
just installed the 32 gb corsair vengeance in my new 27, working perfect, running at 1600 mhz as we speak
i m planning on upgrading my late 2012 27" iMac ram to the corsair vengeance,
i will be not using the stock apple ram so will i have any performance boast or any issues? you guys have been running the corsair vengeance on ur iMacs since a while now, feedback would be great.
Thanks..
i will be not using the stock apple ram so will i have any performance boast or any issues? you guys have been running the corsair vengeance on ur iMacs since a while now, feedback would be great.
Thanks..