Confused over what RAM will work for my Macbook Pro

[ajcrewmisfit]

Hi All,

I've never upgraded any of Macbook Pro's, and I thought it was time for me to give it a shot. Apologies ahead for the very verbose post... I heard you needed to be careful of the type of RAM you get, and so I started doing some research.

I have a Macbook Pro 15-Inch Early-2011 Intel i7

According to Apple's site (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270?viewlocale=en_US#link3)

• DDR3
• 1333MHz
• 8 Gig Max

I was pretty disappointed as I wanted at least 1600MHz speed and 16 Gigs. But... I was happy to see that according to MacRumors (http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM#Buying_RAM_for_Intel_Macs) the limit is 16Gigs and the slots will accept 1600Mhz

So I guess I wanted to ask the community if it was indeed safe to bump my RAM up to 16Gigs with 2 pieces of 8Gig 1600Mhz RAM

Last but not least... it looks like this page
http://guides.macrumors.com/Buying_RAM#Which_RAM_to_Buy
is recommending Corsair Vengeance CMSX8GX3M2A1600C9
is that still one of the best pieces I can get?

One other minor note... I don't see Crucial on this list http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM#Buying_RAM_for_Intel_Macs

 

[Dark Void]

I would use what is supported, in this case 8GB 1333 MHz.

 

[Orlandoech]

2011 i7 Models can take 16GB of 1600MHz max. I would stick 8GB or 16GB 1600MHz, I also ran it in my 2011 15".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...11,3092:49472&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

 

[takeshi74]

I heard you needed to be careful of the type of RAM you get, and so I started doing some research.

Don't overlook prior threads on the topic:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ear...p.r_qf.&fp=9ab7bdb26321ca5d&biw=1024&bih=1195