iMac ram

[nesteaaa]

I'm thinking of purchasing the new iMac and installing my own ram. I understand there are 4 slots for ram. If i were to keep the 2 sticks (2x2) that comes stock with it, could I just add another 2 sticks (2x2) resulting in 8g of ram? is there any drawback to this method vs a 2x4. Thanks

 

[Hellhammer]

Yes, you can do that and there should be now drawbacks, other than the fact that there is no room for future upgrades (2x4GB leaves two slots free).

 

[nesteaaa]

just for future reference, would adding two sticks of ram with different values cause drawback i.e. a 2x2 + 2x4 resulting in 12 total. thanks in advance.

 

[Akoiso]

I haven't had any drawback at all with 2x2gb + 2x4gb= 12gb of ram. I just installed it the other day went with the owc ram.

 

[majkom]

iMac is ram sensitive

Be aware - iMac use to be very sensitive on RAM! I had imac 2011 entry model and upgraded by two 2GB models - it caused me several system crasheh (never ever seen before on various types of apple computers). So, i switched those two new modules, again system crasehs - finally, with my apple resseler, we tried to switch all 4 modules (two original from apple, two newly added) for 4 modules of same brand - finally it works flawlesly.

btw - all new modules bought by me were apple recommended - all bought from applre premium reseller.

 

[obsidian1200]

I haven't had any drawback at all with 2x2gb + 2x4gb= 12gb of ram. I just installed it the other day went with the owc ram.

Cool, I was wondering about this myself (google results can't seem to agree on the subject of mixing RAM values with the iMac). Glad to see it's possible.

 

[JonasDK]

Absolutely no problems here with mixing RAM values. Did not buy from Apple Premium Reseller either.

.. went with Crucial