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uberjoi

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I have a 15" i5 mbp and am looking to upgrade my ram and I've narrowed my choices to 3. I have no idea what the differences are between them besides the price and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on which to pick, or if there was another choice that I missed altogether.

Here are the 3 different products:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231297&Tpk=FA-8500CL7D-8GBSQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231299&Tpk=FA-10666CL9D-8GBSQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231294
 
The Last One.

The first is just charging you $20 more for the same thing as the last.
The second is faster but lower latency RAM, and since the bus speed and ram in MBPs is still 1066MHz, you should get the last one.

Save some money too if its cheaper than OWC. Also many times at newegg.com, if you buy the 4GB individually (x2) rather than in a kit, it may be cheaper. Just worth looking.
 
uberjoi said:
I have a 15" i5 mbp and am looking to upgrade my ram and I've narrowed my choices to 3. I have no idea what the differences are between them besides the price and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on which to pick, or if there was another choice that I missed altogether.

Here are the 3 different products:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231297&Tpk=FA-8500CL7D-8GBSQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231299&Tpk=FA-10666CL9D-8GBSQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231294
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OP, I just bought this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231265

Its the same as your last link, except its a single 4GB SODIMM. You can get 2 of these for about $200, saving $30 over the 8GB kit.
 
kny3twalker said:
The Last One.

The first is just charging you $20 more for the same thing as the last.
The second is faster but lower latency RAM, and since the bus speed and ram in MBPs is still 1066MHz, you should get the last one.

Save some money too if its cheaper than OWC. Also many times at newegg.com, if you buy the 4GB individually (x2) rather than in a kit, it may be cheaper. Just worth looking.
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I would use OWC, but would shipping costs from both add up? Where as with the kit you are just getting one shipment? I am not sure though
 
AppleTech22 said:
I would use OWC, but would shipping costs from both add up? Where as with the kit you are just getting one shipment? I am not sure though
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Why would you recommend OWC? I bought Crucial when I upgraded to 4GB (2x2) but that was because it was on sale.
 
kny3twalker said:
Why would you recommend OWC? I bought Crucial when I upgraded to 4GB (2x2) but that was because it was on sale.
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Honestly, most of these RAM assemblers use the same memory chips anyway. I say go for the cheapest "reliable" brand (i.e. Corsair, Kingston, Mushkin, Crucial, GSkill, OWC, etc.) If you go onto the Newegg site, there are several reviews for most of the modules, and usually interspersed among those are a couple of mac reviews, so just pick the brand that seems to work best. Personally I was a die hard crucial fan, but I just couldn't justify nearly 400 USD that they wanted for an 8gb kit when other companies were selling the same 8GB for about 200!
 
Hellhammer said:
Get it from OWC, they sell very good RAM and their support is great.
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I second this.

I actually just bought two of these 8GB kits last night - one for myself and one for my partner (2010 i5 Macbook Pro's). Will get them early next week as I am in Australia.
 
uberjoi said:
I have a 15" i5 mbp and am looking to upgrade my ram and I've narrowed my choices to 3. I have no idea what the differences are between them besides the price and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on which to pick, or if there was another choice that I missed altogether.

Here are the 3 different products:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231297&Tpk=FA-8500CL7D-8GBSQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231299&Tpk=FA-10666CL9D-8GBSQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231294
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I bought the mem in your third link. Works fab in my 09 MBP. :cool:
 
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