8GB RAM Best Buy?

[airattack111]

Hi I have a late 2008 macboook pro. I'm told it can hold 8gb ram. I've already upgraded the hard drive to a seagate momentus hybrid (great upgrade btw). I have a bestbuy gift card with $75 left on it, what type of ram do you all recommend I get from them?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You can get 8 GB of 1066 MHz/1333 MHz 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM RAM for less than 40 USD nowadays. Maybe invest it in a small SSD and get some cheap Optibay adapter via eBay and put the OS onto the SSD and have an even faster Mac?

Upgrading RAM in MacBooks and MacBook Pros​

 

[airattack111]

Thanks.

It's just that I'm limited to bestbuy with this card. I found these 2,

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair...mory/4804518.p?id=1218531579755&skuId=4804518

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair...-Kit/2824528.p?id=1218354838732&skuId=2824528

One seems to be a single 8gb 1.3ghz stick, and the other 2 4gb 1.0ghz sticks.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Thanks.

It's just that I'm limited to bestbuy with this card. I found these 2,

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair...mory/4804518.p?id=1218531579755&skuId=4804518

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair...-Kit/2824528.p?id=1218354838732&skuId=2824528

One seems to be a single 8gb 1.3ghz stick, and the other 2 4gb 1.0ghz sticks.

Take the two 4 GB RAM sticks.

 

[dellavoce]

why not get 16gb?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

why not get 16gb?

The late 2008 MBP does not support that much RAM.