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G.Skill 8GB Memory - $39.99!

touchdownjesus4 said:
Would this work in a late 2008 MacBook pro? I know it's not exactly the right specs but they would still fit in the slots
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You are quite a bit behind the spec listed here. There is no guarantee your board will be able to down clock the ram that far. Plus I think it's DDR3 and yours is DDR2 - these differences are enough that I would try and source the appropriate ram.
 
Fry-man22 said:
You are quite a bit behind the spec listed here. There is no guarantee your board will be able to down clock the ram that far. Plus I think it's DDR3 and yours is DDR2 - these differences are enough that I would try and source the appropriate ram.
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The late 2008 mbp is ddr 3 pc8500
 
Fry-man22 said:
You are quite a bit behind the spec listed here. There is no guarantee your board will be able to down clock the ram that far. Plus I think it's DDR3 and yours is DDR2 - these differences are enough that I would try and source the appropriate ram.
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My MBP uses DDR3, I just wasn't sure that it would work, probably not. Bought another set of RAM from someone in the marketplace so I'm covered. Thanks for the replies
 
Ive been wanting to buy this and finally it went on sale! However, I was too late and when I saw the deal, it was sold out. I was so sad hahaha. Do you guys think they will have another sale of it soon?
 
Triggered price alert

I put a price alert on this thing literally 2 days ago. I asked them to let me know when it dropped below $45, and now it's <$40.

The USB drive is icing on the cake. Needless to say, I jumped on it.
 
there are some reviews that say they don't work with Macs. The GSkill team has always linked them to a (more expensive) 'mac-memory' which they guarantee to work with MacBook Pros.

I am considering upgrading my ram to 8GB. I have never done anything like this before so I want to be safe. Will this void my applecare?
 
Cricketman said:
there are some reviews that say they don't work with Macs. The GSkill team has always linked them to a (more expensive) 'mac-memory' which they guarantee to work with MacBook Pros.

I am considering upgrading my ram to 8GB. I have never done anything like this before so I want to be safe. Will this void my applecare?
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From what I here it should not void your apple care however when you bring your computer in for service, they might want you to have your original apple ram in your computer.
 
Cricketman said:
there are some reviews that say they don't work with Macs. The GSkill team has always linked them to a (more expensive) 'mac-memory' which they guarantee to work with MacBook Pros.

I am considering upgrading my ram to 8GB. I have never done anything like this before so I want to be safe. Will this void my applecare?
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There are a couple reviews, but just as many as there are for PCs who were having problems. It sounds like many of the reviews are from Mac users who have 2009/2010 Macs that didn't support the DDR3 1033 speed. (I assumed it would automatically underclock?)

I ordered a pair, and they should be here early next week. I'll install, run the memory diagnostics, and report back as soon as I can.
 
Just bought it. Although they are still out of the 4GB USB drive. :(

Anyone have any reviews/feedback of how the RAM is working in their MBPs? I've never bought GSkill before.
 
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