Will this fit?

icedmocha · Dec 27, 2008, 07:58 PM

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Weste...al/WD3200BEVT/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other.../53IM2DDR4GBK/

I have read the guides, and am slightly unsure. I am almost positive that it will fit. Thanks for your answer, I honestly appreciate it

xJulianx · Dec 27, 2008, 08:01 PM

Yes both will fit fine, you'll see a very nice performance boost with the RAM and as for the hard drive, I have the same on and have had no troubles after a good 3 months of usage.

gamer2502 · Dec 28, 2008, 12:26 AM

the hard drive will fit but what machine do you have because the old macbook and macbook pros and imacs will only take 2gb of ram

skorpien · 02:38 AM

Looking at the OP's attached pic, it's a Core 2 Duo. It'll support the 4 gigs.

Edit: But it seems that if it's not the Santa Rosa chipset, it will only be able to use 3.3GB of the 4GB.

GfulDedFan · Dec 28, 2008, 06:51 AM

Both will definitely work and as Skorpien said, you'll only get the use of about 3.3GB of the 4GB you're putting in. Gamer2502 is referring to the Core Duo (aka First Gen) that will only handle 2GB max and won't even boot if more is put in.

Here's a plug for WD: The Scorpio Blue (posted above) is good, but the Scorpio Black is great. Is it worth the extra $32 for 7200 RPM vs 5400 and 16 MB Cache vs 8 MB? I think so. -GDF

icedmocha · Dec 28, 2008, 07:59 PM

According to the OWC site I can only go up to 2gb. I may call them tomorrow. I have a macbook, it looks like mbp's go up to 4gb. Thanks for the info

Is there a big difference between 7200rpm drive and a 5400?

eman · Dec 28, 2008, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icedmocha

According to the OWC site I can only go up to 2gb. I may call them tomorrow. I have a macbook, it looks like mbp's go up to 4gb. Thanks for the info

The 1.83 will only take 2Gb of ram.

GfulDedFan · Dec 29, 2008, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icedmocha

According to the OWC site I can only go up to 2gb. I may call them tomorrow. I have a macbook, it looks like mbp's go up to 4gb. Thanks for the info

Is there a big difference between 7200rpm drive and a 5400?

You can put in a 4GB set (2 x 2GB) because you have a Core 2 Duo. According to the OWC site, see this page.

There is quite a difference between the 7200 rpm and the 5400 rpm as I posted before. The extra $32 in my opinion is well worth the speed increase. Hard drive access time is much quicker.

icedmocha · Jan 3, 2009, 04:14 PM

Did I do this right? OWC said that only 2GB fits, but this is what I now have (2gb module, plus second first module):

FWIW, I have this macbook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zjzv-mJxFY
HD update tonight.

skorpien · Jan 3, 2009, 04:25 PM

Looks right to me. You had 512MB originally, right? So half of that is 256MB, plus the 2GB, and you get 2.25GB (remember, 1024MB = 1GB, so 256MB = 0.25GB).

If you're referring to how they say it's only 2GB RAM max, as was previously mentioned, the Core 2 Duo 1.83 MHz machines can support up to 3.3GB. It's only the Core Duo machines that max out at 2GB.

rdowns · 04:38 PM

They'll fit but I think they make your ass look big.

icedmocha · Jan 3, 2009, 06:31 PM

It seems that whenever I sleep the macbook and open it, it restarts

Dec 27, 2008, 07:58 PM	#1
icedmocha macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	Will this fit? http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Weste...al/WD3200BEVT/ http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other.../53IM2DDR4GBK/ I have read the guides, and am slightly unsure. I am almost positive that it will fit. Thanks for your answer, I honestly appreciate it
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Dec 28, 2008, 12:26 AM	#3
gamer2502 macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: near Pittsburgh,pa	the hard drive will fit but what machine do you have because the old macbook and macbook pros and imacs will only take 2gb of ram __________________ 13'' aluminum macbook 2.4ghz 2gb ram 250gb 1 quad core intel pc running ubuntu and vista ultimate and 1 amd pc running windows7 ultimate beta
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Dec 28, 2008, 02:30 AM	#4
skorpien macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jan 2008	Looking at the OP's attached pic, it's a Core 2 Duo. It'll support the 4 gigs. Edit: But it seems that if it's not the Santa Rosa chipset, it will only be able to use 3.3GB of the 4GB. __________________ 17" 2.6 GHz Penryn MBP Collector's Edition 2.4 GHz Alu MB Time Capsule 2TB (1st Gen); Apple TV 160GB; iPhone 4 32GB; iPod Video 30GB Last edited by skorpien; Dec 28, 2008 at 02:38 AM.
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Dec 28, 2008, 06:51 AM	#5
GfulDedFan macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Indiana	Both will definitely work and as Skorpien said, you'll only get the use of about 3.3GB of the 4GB you're putting in. Gamer2502 is referring to the Core Duo (aka First Gen) that will only handle 2GB max and won't even boot if more is put in. Here's a plug for WD: The Scorpio Blue (posted above) is good, but the Scorpio Black is great. Is it worth the extra $32 for 7200 RPM vs 5400 and 16 MB Cache vs 8 MB? I think so. -GDF __________________ Aluminum MacBook 2.4 10.8.2 \| Magic Mouse \| 16GB iPod Touch \| 64GB iPad \| Apple Hi-Fi Do yourself a favor. Use MRoogle first.
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Jan 3, 2009, 04:25 PM	#10
skorpien macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jan 2008	Looks right to me. You had 512MB originally, right? So half of that is 256MB, plus the 2GB, and you get 2.25GB (remember, 1024MB = 1GB, so 256MB = 0.25GB). If you're referring to how they say it's only 2GB RAM max, as was previously mentioned, the Core 2 Duo 1.83 MHz machines can support up to 3.3GB. It's only the Core Duo machines that max out at 2GB. __________________ 17" 2.6 GHz Penryn MBP Collector's Edition 2.4 GHz Alu MB Time Capsule 2TB (1st Gen); Apple TV 160GB; iPhone 4 32GB; iPod Video 30GB
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Dec 27, 2008, 08:01 PM	#2
xJulianx macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, UK	Yes both will fit fine, you'll see a very nice performance boost with the RAM and as for the hard drive, I have the same on and have had no troubles after a good 3 months of usage.
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Dec 28, 2008, 07:59 PM	#6
icedmocha Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	According to the OWC site I can only go up to 2gb. I may call them tomorrow. I have a macbook, it looks like mbp's go up to 4gb. Thanks for the info Is there a big difference between 7200rpm drive and a 5400?
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Jan 3, 2009, 04:14 PM	#9
icedmocha Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	Did I do this right? OWC said that only 2GB fits, but this is what I now have (2gb module, plus second first module): FWIW, I have this macbook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zjzv-mJxFY HD update tonight.
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Jan 3, 2009, 04:31 PM	#11
rdowns macrumors Penryn Join Date: Jul 2003	They'll fit but I think they make your ass look big. __________________ 44% of Republicans think an ARMED REBELLION might be necessary in the next few years. So if you say most Reps are nuts, you'd be off by 7%. - Bill Maher Last edited by rdowns; Jan 3, 2009 at 04:38 PM.
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Jan 3, 2009, 06:31 PM	#12
icedmocha Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	It seems that whenever I sleep the macbook and open it, it restarts
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