Corsair vs Crucial RAM

[jamesjdk]

I'd like to upgrade my 2.8ghz iMac from the standard 2gbs to 4gbs. I can get crucial ram for £65.79 and corsair for £55.90. I've heard that corsair has a very good reputation for desktop ram but don't know if this transfers over to laptop ram. Is there any reason why I would go for the crucial memory? Also, does anyone else know of any other brands I should look out for in the UK?

Thanks

James

 

[MIDI_EVIL]

I'd like to upgrade my 2.8ghz iMac from the standard 2gbs to 4gbs. I can get crucial ram for £65.79 and corsair for £55.90. I've heard that corsair has a very good reputation for desktop ram but don't know if this transfers over to laptop ram. Is there any reason why I would go for the crucial memory? Also, does anyone else know of any other brands I should look out for in the UK?

Thanks

James

For what it's worth, my friend bought Corsair Value Select RAM and it crapped out.

A lot of people choose Crucial for guaranteed Mac compatibility and good after sales support.

 

[anti-microsoft]

I just bought Leopard and upgraded my MacBook's RAM from 512Mb to 2GB from crucial. It runs really quickly and the delivery only took 3 business days.

 

[djc6]

I purchased two 2GB Corsair Value Select DIMMs from Fry's for my 24" Aluminum iMac in September, and I've had zero problems. Excellent price on excellent ram. The DRAM modules on my sticks are made by Micron, same as those found on Crucial brand memory.

Check out:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/353124/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/382082/

 

[m1stake]

Both fantastic brands. Personally I go with Crucial, but don't let anyone convince you that one is better than the other.

 

[RexTraverse]

Haven't tried Crucial, but I got 4GB of Corsair XMS for a rig I built back in 2004 and was so impressed, I've stuck with them since. Running 2 1GB Corsair Value Selects I got off Newegg for my MacBook Pro since October 2006. No problems in either machine to date.

 

[md1207]

I upgraded my imac 24 inch 2.8 to 4 GB with crucial memory which I got from buy.com for $59.99 with a $20 rebate on each one with free shipping and it's run smoothly. It's only been 2 weeks for the imac but I've put crucial RAM in my macbook and I've had that for 2 years.

 

[ajlowndes]

good to know

good to know that there are some people who have used corsair and had success. on the corsair "ram module selector" site there is nothing but 3 bad reveiws from people who have had crappy ram freeze their system. I thought that was the only one guaranteed compatible for my (macbook unibody) system so I bought it anyway, hoping to get lucky. It is in the mail now.
Then of course I found the ram module selector on the crucial site - looked up my ram and there's like 50 good reviews from people who are shockingly happy. I even sorted it by "lowest rating first" - there was only one person who had to send his back for a new pair, then it was fine.
And another note: the crucial ram set is like two thirds the price of corsair set. I am buying the kit of 2 x 2gb PC3-8500.
If i'd been fully informed before, I would have purchased the crucial set, because it is cheaper AND seems to have better success rate. But for now, I will wait for my corsair modules to arrive in the mail, and post my review when I've used them for a couple of days.