Does this RAM look OK?

[inscrewtable]

It seems pretty cheap for Australia so I thought I'd better check first, for a currently model 27" imac

8GB Ram

 

[alexreich]

What model iMac is it? Like what year, and what time of year.

For instance: Mid-2010.

 

[inscrewtable]

It's the 2011 3.4GHz 27" imac, is seems to be the right specs but it doesn't say anything about parity, and it's about half the price of anything else I've seen.

 

[John T]

Have you tried looking at the Corsair website which quotes the full specification?

 

[inscrewtable]

OK I checked out the corsair website and I got lost in a labyrinth of part numbers without much information so I have posted on the Corsair forum.

there is a CMSO8GX3M1A1333C9 and also a CMSA8GX3M1A1333C9

according to some feedback here on newegg it looks like the SMSO8 is fine

 

[John T]

How about here!

 

[inscrewtable]

How about here!

But if you replace the CMSO with CMSA you get here

Then you get two modules that look the same.

But if you click on the part numbers that takes you to these two..

CMOS CMAS

They have the same specs but one is called a 'kit', but it's still a single module at the same price. However the one that says 'Kit' has a sticker that says mac memory. Does that mean the other one is no good for mac?

 

[mario24601]

I got oem Samsung from OWC, fast shipping and cheaper than one you posted.

 

[John T]

My post (No.6) was to answer your original queries (posts 1 & 3).

 

[redache]

As long as the speed of the RAM matches and is the right type then you have no real issues with compatibility, this used to be a problem but these days it isn't since the Memory support is based on the processor not the motherboard.

If you have 2 DIMM slots free it'd be better to go with a 2x4GB kit however as this would allow you to have dual channel memory having 3 slots populated with one free is not as good as having 4 slots populated.