OWC vs Amazon for iMac RAM

[henry72]

I ordered 8GB for $70 bucks not bad.
system seems noticeably faster.
Took a little bit longer to boot up LOL.
Anyway arrived on time.
Would buy from again.
Hopefully I will get my money out of it in the future

Longer to boot up? Is it to do with the Apple logo at the start?
Have you done this after you've upgraded the ram?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

PRAM reset is very important after replaced any new hardware

 

[JonasDK]

Longer to boot up? Is it to do with the Apple logo at the start?
Have you done this after you've upgraded the ram?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

PRAM reset is very important after replaced any new hardware

After I upgraded to 12GB RAM I simply booted once, and did 1 restart. I have never done a PRAM reset, and everything is working perfectly. Not one problem.

 

[DarwinOSX]

I have ordered ram from OWC for years but no more. I had an obviously curved chip and played hell trying to get a replacement. The guy I spoke to actually told me there is now way I could have gotten a curved chip. I've installed ram in thousands of desktops and servers so I know a curved memory chip that won't fit into the slot when I see it. Recently a friend of mine bought ram from them and one of the sticks was defective. He also had a hard time getting a replacement and they did not credit him the full amount because they said the ram price had changed. So he actually ended up paying more for a working chip. I also had a hard drive enclosure from them that was made of plastic and did not fit together correctly. Again I had a hard time getting a replacement. I wasn't asking for a refund mind you, just a case that fit together correctly. I won't order from OWC again. Pretty unbelievably bad and obnoxious service.

 

[philipma1957]

well i say heavy duty ram users should look into newegg they have 8gb stick in stock for 229 and 2 stick kits in stock for 450 this means 32gb ram for 900 owc want over 1700

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233216

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233217



http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/1333DDR3S32S/


that is a big price difference

 

[coolspot18]

What are the benefits of ordering RAM for an iMac from OWC vs from Amazon? Do they have top notch customer service like Amazon?

Just buy compatible ram and it will work fine. I am using Mushkin RAM in my iMac.

 

[-y0-]

I already got and installed the RAM, works great! Weird thing though my Geekbench score went down a little after the upgrade. I'm not thinking about just getting more Ram to make it 16gb instead of 12gb.