I keep seeing people mention that they bought 16 GB for ~60 dollars for the iMac, but I'm having a hard time finding it for less than 95 dollars.
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60-70 dollar 16GB memory? Where?
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Those $60 DIMMs were 1333MHz and by Patriot, a not-quite reputable brand.
Skip lunch tomorrow and get the $89.68 w/ free shipping 16GB Crucial 1600MHz RAM instead?
Actually, Crucial and Kingston HyperX Plug'n'Play went down a bit, only the Corsair Vengeance went up $20, as it was the about the same price as the Crucial and became #1 selling RAM recently. Which is yet another reason to buy the faster Kingston HyperX Plug'n'Play over the Corsair.
Skip lunch tomorrow and get the $89.68 w/ free shipping 16GB Crucial 1600MHz RAM instead?
Actually, Crucial and Kingston HyperX Plug'n'Play went down a bit, only the Corsair Vengeance went up $20, as it was the about the same price as the Crucial and became #1 selling RAM recently. Which is yet another reason to buy the faster Kingston HyperX Plug'n'Play over the Corsair.
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The cheapest I've seen up here is Patriot for $79.99 CAN. The regular price was $99.99.
I missed that sale a month ago and interestingly they increased the price to $109.99 but it's on "sale" for $94.99 this week. WTF?!?!
I was told when I started the thread, brand makes no difference but I've never heard of either one. It's always been Kingston in the past. I don't know what Canada Computers is doing but now the G. Skill is selling for...
$97.99 for CL10 and $89.99 for CL11
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?cPath=24_326_327_761&bsort=0&brand=0&price=2&location=0
I'm in no rush so I will wait this one out.
I missed that sale a month ago and interestingly they increased the price to $109.99 but it's on "sale" for $94.99 this week. WTF?!?!
I was told when I started the thread, brand makes no difference but I've never heard of either one. It's always been Kingston in the past. I don't know what Canada Computers is doing but now the G. Skill is selling for...
$97.99 for CL10 and $89.99 for CL11
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?cPath=24_326_327_761&bsort=0&brand=0&price=2&location=0
I'm in no rush so I will wait this one out.
is there any performance difference between a 1.35V and 1.5V RAM ? Im sure I wouldn't notice it but I wonder what the difference might be ?
Crucial has RAM for basically every Apple computer. I don't know about $60, but Crucial's is definitely affordable.
All you Americans make me laugh! You don't realise how cheap things actually are for you compared to how much we get ripped off in the UK!
I paid £83 for my crucial RAM which equates to $125!!!!
If I could get RAM for the equivalent of $90, I'd be over the moon!
For my spec iMac in the US, you'd pay $2599. I paid the equivalent of $3282. Well actually, I had the HE discount, but even with that, it's still cheaper for you guys without the discount!!!!
I paid £83 for my crucial RAM which equates to $125!!!!
If I could get RAM for the equivalent of $90, I'd be over the moon!
For my spec iMac in the US, you'd pay $2599. I paid the equivalent of $3282. Well actually, I had the HE discount, but even with that, it's still cheaper for you guys without the discount!!!!
Shipment Details
Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Mem...
Sold by Amazon.com LLC $74.99
Item Subtotal: $74.99
Shipping & Handling: $8.09
Promotion Applied: -$10.30
Total Before Tax: $72.78
Sales Tax Collected: $6.01
Shipment Total: $78.79
Paid by Mastercard: $78.79
I ordered this in mid February from Amazon and I just checked again today it's priced at $89.68
Prices definitely goin up but I think it's still worth the money
Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Mem...
Sold by Amazon.com LLC $74.99
Item Subtotal: $74.99
Shipping & Handling: $8.09
Promotion Applied: -$10.30
Total Before Tax: $72.78
Sales Tax Collected: $6.01
Shipment Total: $78.79
Paid by Mastercard: $78.79
I ordered this in mid February from Amazon and I just checked again today it's priced at $89.68
Prices definitely goin up but I think it's still worth the money
my understanding is that either should be ok. 1.35V may have some advantages, mostly for people looking to overclock, but even then it does not sound like much. the stock apple RAM I believe is 1.5V. I bought 16GB of at 1.35V.
As for price, if the prices seem high to you now, just wait and watch prices on Amazon and Newegg. They fluctuate significantly. My 16GB set cost me 77 at the time, but is now on Newegg at over 100. Unfortunately, i don't have my iMac yet though so can't verify it works ok
Thank You ! it dawned on me after my last post ,to just google it ! I guess the Lower the voltage the less power the module uses and it generates less heat .
I would point out that UK (you used £ so I'm going with that) pricing typically includes VAT. Sales tax here is applied at a state level, so default pricing doesn't show it. Given that you stated a $XX99 amount, it doesn't have tax included. In California you would add 10% to that. Depending on the exchange rate at that time, they can get pretty close.
