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[HeyMAC]

I just clicked the buy button for my imac G5 1.8 ghz. With 512 mb 1 dimm,I want to get 1 GB with 1 dim so i can keep the 512. Where can i get a cheap but good qaulity stick of ram? How do you tell if its 1 dimm (a lot of the times it says 187 slots or something else)?

 

[ChrisFromCanada]

crucial.com

 

[Timelessblur]

another good place is http://www.newegg.com

 

[HeyMAC]

But since the imac g5 1.8 17" has only 2 slots and i want to keep the 512 stick(takes up one slot) and add 1 gb that only takes up one slot, HOW DO I TELL HOW MANY SLOTS IT TAKES UP???

 

[crazzyeddie]

OWC often has cheaper RAM than Crucial, and the quality is just as good.

You want/need a 1GB DIMM to fit into the iMac. Not 2x512MB... 1x1GB is what you want.

 

[FuzzyBallz]

And newegg.com has Crucial RAM cheaper than Crucial.com and generic RAM from OWC.

BTW, OP, G5 iMac works best when the 2 sticks of RAM are the same size and speed. For a G5 iMac, another stick of Crucial PC3200 512MB from newegg.com will give you the best bang for buck.

 

[BrianKonarsMac]

But since the imac g5 1.8 17" has only 2 slots and i want to keep the 512 stick(takes up one slot) and add 1 gb that only takes up one slot, HOW DO I TELL HOW MANY SLOTS IT TAKES UP???

well this is a pretty ****** question...amazingly....1 stick of ram takes up a whopping 1 slot. you guessed it...2 sticks of ram, and say goodbye to your 2 ram slots.

typically a 1GB RAM DIMM is....1 stick. they don't sell the DIMM's as 1GB then give you two x 512...that would be false advertising.

 

[FuzzyBallz]

they don't sell the DIMM's as 1GB then give you two x 512...that would be false advertising.

Actually, it's called a matched pair, a lot of companies sells it.

 

[Jo-Kun]

the matched pair is just for the G5 desktops, because there you need to install in pairs...

J