False impression?
http://www.corsair.com/company/aboutus
They can save costs, because they are not a reseller.
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Corsair 16GB Memory $420.00 now in stock
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False impression?
http://www.corsair.com/company/aboutus
They can save costs, because they are not a reseller.
It seems people are having good luck with it and that's great, but personally I've not had good luck using budget ram.
If one were to believe everything a company writes about itself then you might think McDonalds hamburgers are made from the best beef in the world.. Right on the label of the ram they are selling it says VALUE SELECT - just saying.
It's not as if there is only one quality of ram in the world or that it all goes through the same testing and has the same warranty and people just sell it all for the lowest price they can.
I especially like the bit about McDonalds. I think you nailed it. They do have you believe they have the best beef in the world. If you know anything you know the beef is the cheapest, most disgusting you can imagine. You couldn't force me to consume a burger from those guys.
I think in the end you have to go with word of mouth and your own past experience. I'd use Corsair in a PC without a second thought. Not a Mac though.
Each RAM-company offers products for different markets. The Corsair VALUE SELECT RAM was probably an offer for "standard" PC users, not for professional users. Kingston offers also different RAM for different markets. The difference between Corsair and Kingston is:
Elpida/Samsung->Kingston->Retailer->You
Corsair->Retailer->You
Btw, if you want to eat MD food, then you have obviously some mental problems and/or a lack of cooking skills. ;-)
But Corsair can use their price advantage in the market, because they have lower costs for a comparable quality.
Sure enough, I recently returned the value select 16GB RAM - had lots of BSODs on my ThinkPad. Trying out Elpida/Patriot one to see if that's any better.
That's lovely, thanks for explaining the world to me.
I'm at a loss as to why one would spend the premium money on a machine like a macbook pro and then put all these cheap things inside it. ie. Purchase a Porshe and run cheap tires and cheap gas in it.
Not sure what to say on this one.
I have had this 16GB of memory in my MBP for 7 days now. My MBP has been ran like I typically do for 15 to 16 hours a day all without a single problem. 10's of hours of video has been edited through it, in addition to web surfing, playing music, photoshop, Word, Excel, IM and FTP all without a hitch.
Since I do a ton of video editing on a a 2011 MacBookPro. I have been following the price of these chips since it was seen on OWC at something like $1500 which was an insane price. I was thinking that I preferred the OWC 16GB chips just because it seems like that brand comes off as pretty well Mac tested. I guess these may work as well and it is all a marketing and hype between the brands. If the New Egg Corsair chips work just as well as the OWC ones, then I guess I just kept $350 in my pocket.
If there is sever damage being done to my MBP because I am using Corsair chips, can someone please detail with some tangible facts what that damage will be.
I have had this 16GB of memory in my MBP for 7 days now. My MBP has been ran like I typically do for 15 to 16 hours a day all without a single problem. 10's of hours of video has been edited through it, in addition to web surfing, playing music, photoshop, Word, Excel, IM and FTP all without a hitch.
Since I do a ton of video editing on a a 2011 MacBookPro. I have been following the price of these chips since it was seen on OWC at something like $1500 which was an insane price. I was thinking that I preferred the OWC 16GB chips just because it seems like that brand comes off as pretty well Mac tested. I guess these may work as well and it is all a marketing and hype between the brands. If the New Egg Corsair chips work just as well as the OWC ones, then I guess I just kept $350 in my pocket.
If there is sever damage being done to my MBP because I am using Corsair chips, can someone please detail with some tangible facts what that damage will be.
I'm not really that worried with getting Corsair. My office provides 55 toshiba/Vaio/Fujitsu laptops to our employees that were all upgraded with Corsair memory. So far all of units have been working flawlessly for a year and a half now without a hitch. My home has 3 iMacs, a Macbook, and a Mac Mini server that all use Crosair chips because they're dirt cheap, so far no problem whatsoever.
I drive a second hand Benz I bought 4 years ago. I use cheap gas on it, had it checked for maintenance every year, never had any problems with it.
I drive a second hand Benz I bought 4 years ago. I use cheap gas on it, had it checked for maintenance every year, never had any problems with it.
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Then pay for Apples RAM on Apples online shop. I can guarantee you it is at least 4 times more expensive than the same quality RAM from Elpida or Samsung resellers, such as Kingston and others.
Your analogy is completely incorrect. Imagine if you could buy Pirelli tyres from Porsche that are rated for 300 km/h and 30,000 kilometres life for $2000. Now imagine that you could buy the same tyres from an independent dealer for $1100. Which one would you choose? Your comment makes no sense at all so why bother? Are you one of those guys that buys $400 power cables?
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There won't be any damage. Memory will either work or your computer will crash or won't even boot up at all if it's faulty.
theSeb, you are spot on with the analogy. I actually know that there is no damage that will be caused by these chips. My comment was more from the point of view to get an overly sanctimonious zealot to start to post all kinds of supposed facts, charts in Ross Perot style on all the damage that non Mac or cheap memory would cause... just for the entertainment value.
Again, don't know what to say, the Corsair memory is working flawless and making the intensive things I do daily flow easier.
Interesting that 16GB of RAM at Crucial is $260 yet 16 GB of Corsair at NewEgg is $175. Great price!
Yeah I noticed that too. Good thing I held back thinking that RAM prices will always go down. I guess my patience has been rewarded though I really hate the mind/marketing games these companies play.
4 times? Try 16x. I recently bought 8GB (2 x 4GB) SODIMMs for my Mac for $25 retail, shipped to my door.
BTW - Corsair 16GB are now $139.99 and the price is dropping like a rock. Less than 2 months ago they were at $259.99. I feel bad for the folks that spent $420 on these three months ago.
good ram
Crucial lower voltage 1.35 at $200
http://www.antarespro.com/5924401-i...102464BF1339+RAM.aspx?sgd=330d317d316d312d312
Crucial lower voltage 1.35 at $200
http://www.antarespro.com/5924401-i...102464BF1339+RAM.aspx?sgd=330d317d316d312d312