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i7 with 1333mhz ram does it work? Answer is here!

djcorrosive said:
That's only 1066mhz mate

they r everywhere! The 1333mhz sodimms cl7 ones r hard to find in Australia

edit: don't worry I get what u meant now lol
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seems very hard to find! have you checked ebay? probably a good idea to check crucial,last time i checked shipping it wasnt very much, maybe $15aus or something like that. they have 1333mhz 2x4GB ($500US), 2x2GB ($113US) etcetc.

apparently shipping is free from crucial?
 
DoFoT9 said:
yes i believe so :)

i was planning on getting the 2x2GB sticks to fill up my slots for 8GB. might be more worthwhile saving up for that 1x4GB stick maybe - future-proofing!
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That's what I'll be doing, but get 1x 4gb stick at 1333mhz and get another 2 after a month or so. 12gb ram @ 1333mhz will be just enough for me :)
 
djcorrosive said:
That's what I'll be doing, but get 1x 4gb stick at 1333mhz and get another 2 after a month or so. 12gb ram @ 1333mhz will be just enough for me :)
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yea mate totally. 4GB isnt quite enough for me atm. swap files getting used too much for my liking (3GB after not many days :() and im on holidays haha!

where abouts in bris you live? im in kingscliff in nsw, like 40 mins from the goldy :D
 
DoFoT9 said:
yea mate totally. 4GB isnt quite enough for me atm. swap files getting used too much for my liking (3GB after not many days :() and im on holidays haha!

where abouts in bris you live? im in kingscliff in nsw, like 40 mins from the goldy :D
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Yeah 4gb will be enough for a month till i start using more heavy load programs.

I live right in the city mate in a city apartment :)

I'm awaiting my replacement i7 and i rang up apple today to get my tracking number and i got it but all day it has been saying not found! grrrr dunno wtf's going on with that.
 
djcorrosive said:
Yeah 4gb will be enough for a month till i start using more heavy load programs.

I live right in the city mate in a city apartment :)

I'm awaiting my replacement i7 and i rang up apple today to get my tracking number and i got it but all day it has been saying not found! grrrr dunno wtf's going on with that.
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yup 4GB is plenty i think, as long as you arent using virtual machines heavily etc.

wow right in the city, i dont think i could handle that! i could probably handle the competitive internet companies though ;)

too bad to hear about your tracking number, im sure it will get "reset" or whatever in the next few days. apple reuses tracking numbers over and over.
 
DoFoT9 said:
yup 4GB is plenty i think, as long as you arent using virtual machines heavily etc.

wow right in the city, i dont think i could handle that! i could probably handle the competitive internet companies though ;)

too bad to hear about your tracking number, im sure it will get "reset" or whatever in the next few days. apple reuses tracking numbers over and over.
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hahah and i could never live away from the city. Couldn't handle it lol the isolation.

Well they did tell me i will def be getting it next Monday! I just want to do the tracking game! So i know for sure lol.. cause once it hits Sydney i'll know i'll def receive it the next day.. If it's not up by tomorrow midday i'll just call them back. Glad i have another 2 weeks of holidays left!! Plus the fiancee' has been nagging me on when i'll be getting it. i think she is more excited then myself lol
 
djcorrosive said:
hahah and i could never live away from the city. Couldn't handle it lol the isolation.

Well they did tell me i will def be getting it next Monday! I just want to do the tracking game! So i know for sure lol.. cause once it hits Sydney i'll know i'll def receive it the next day.. If it's not up by tomorrow midday i'll just call them back. Glad i have another 2 weeks of holidays left!! Plus the fiancee' has been nagging me on when i'll be getting it. i think she is more excited then myself lol
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i couldnt live in the city.. too busy for me.

def be getting it next monday? they are game. if it doesnt come then they will be in BIG ****.. glad ur woman is happy about the computer :p mine didnt seem all too fussed about it.
 
DoFoT9 said:
i couldnt live in the city.. too busy for me.

def be getting it next monday? they are game. if it doesnt come then they will be in BIG ****.. glad ur woman is happy about the computer :p mine didnt seem all too fussed about it.
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Lol I know that's what I was thinking, cause it is 4 days from pudong to my place, it was like that on my first just want the bloody tracking id to work. That would confirm it for me. Yeah she loves it haha.. It's th clarity and size I'd say haha, I see we will he fighting over it lol so might have to buy her one too :p Will give me some piece and quiet
 
djcorrosive said:
Lol I know that's what I was thinking, cause it is 4 days from pudong to my place, it was like that on my first just want the bloody tracking id to work. That would confirm it for me.
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would be nice for some closure.. from the experience of alot of users in this thread i wouldnt get your hopes up too much though :(

Yeah she loves it haha.. It's th clarity and size I'd say haha, I see we will he fighting over it lol so might have to buy her one too :p Will give me some piece and quiet
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HA! making up for your size by getting a big computer eh? nice move ;)

can complain about two imacs though!

but in all seriousness, this i7 is a terrific machine! best purchase ever.
 
Hahaha something has to fill the void! Haha

believe me mate I know! The first iMac I had came last week but all 3 ram sticks were dead apart from one! So I used it for a few days before TNT came, and I was very impressed! More so at th fact how easy it was to adapt! Took me a good 3 hours to know how to use mac osx and I loved it! The wait is killing me!! Had a blast on it for the 2 days I played with it before I had to say goodbye to it haha
 
djcorrosive said:
Hahaha something has to fill the void! Haha
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;) :cool:

believe me mate I know! The first iMac I had came last week but all 3 ram sticks were dead apart from one! So I used it for a few days before TNT came, and I was very impressed! More so at th fact how easy it was to adapt! Took me a good 3 hours to know how to use mac osx and I loved it! The wait is killing me!! Had a blast on it for the 2 days I played with it before I had to say goodbye to it haha
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oh wow you are new to macs? congrats for the change :D its so so easy to pick up if you are good at learning. its easy to use, but if you get into it deeper you really wont find the end!
 
DoFoT9 said:
;) :cool:


oh wow you are new to macs? congrats for the change :D its so so easy to pick up if you are good at learning. its easy to use, but if you get into it deeper you really wont find the end!
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Well I want to go as deep With mac osx like I did with windows!
Once I get mine back all the deeper stuff I'll try and find on google
or ask you or just ask people here in general. It's a beautiful OS that is for sure!
 
djcorrosive said:
Well I want to go as deep With mac osx like I did with windows!
Once I get mine back all the deeper stuff I'll try and find on google
or ask you or just ask people here in general. It's a beautiful OS that is for sure!
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hehe great to hear. feel free to ask me any questions you have! i have been using macs since i was a kid and know the top level stuff pretty well :) just trying to learn the lower stuff such as how it manages RAM, network activity etcetc but thats a bit more nerdy lol.
 
i7QuadCoreMania said:
So, going from 4gb 1066mhz to 8gb 1333mhz, there seems to be a bump of 100 points in 32bit and almost 200 points in 64bit.
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So Bottomline you gain about 1% performance improvement at extra expense and likely losing warranty since the heatspreaders need to be removed.

If the Mac actually supported and ran the memory at 1333MHz ( not just reporting it as 1333Mhz memory) then we could expect 15-30% improvement on memory intensive tasks.

Seems more like bragging rights rather than a real difference......
 
i7QuadCoreMania said:
You are more than welcome to conduct your own tests.:rolleyes:
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Mate I was trying to summarise for readers whether or not it is worth it to most users. Unless I have read wrong then there is f all extra performance for high cost and no legal warranty. Please correct me if I am wrong.

You obviously are loaded and think it's worth it but for most users....
 
AlienSexGod said:
Mate I was trying to summarise for readers whether or not it is worth it to most users. Unless I have read wrong then there is f all extra performance for high cost and no legal warranty. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Ok, in that case, you are right, worth it for the additional costs no, I would say stick to the 1067mhz stuff. The speed difference is actually 2% 200 of of 9000 is 0.02.

I may have been a bit disturbed by the comment of bragging rights, but if you think about it, 2% increase is really nothing to brag about.:D
 
Hehe I meant no offense just had some clients excited about the prospect but for me it would be a potential support nightmare supplying that ram to clients.
 
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