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Quick RAM purchasing question: Two sticks vs one?

rye9

rye9

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Okay well in likely less than a week's time I'm going to be getting a new 13" MBP (the base model) and I'd like to up the RAM since I plan to get VMWare Fusion to run the original Call of Duty plus programs I'll need for college than run on Windows. (I have a copy of Vista already). So, I noticed that 2GB RAM standard is actually two 1GB sticks... and according to Crucial.com, I think it's saying to install future RAM like that? I don't know... it says matching sticks gives optimal performance. So my question is... if I buy a single 2GB piece to total me out at 4GB... would that be bad having 3 sticks (1GB + 1GB + 2GB)?
 
rye9 said:
Okay well in likely less than a week's time I'm going to be getting a new 13" MBP (the base model) and I'd like to up the RAM since I plan to get VMWare Fusion to run the original Call of Duty plus programs I'll need for college than run on Windows. (I have a copy of Vista already). So, I noticed that 2GB RAM standard is actually two 1GB sticks... and according to Crucial.com, I think it's saying to install future RAM like that? I don't know... it says matching sticks gives optimal performance. So my question is... if I buy a single 2GB piece to total me out at 4GB... would that be bad having 3 sticks (1GB + 1GB + 2GB)?
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only 2 slots, you cant have 3 chips
 
Okay... well then say I get a 4GB kit from Crucial; then could I sell the original 2 sticks? Or what do you recommend I do with them?
 
rye9 said:
Okay... well then say I get a 4GB kit from Crucial; then could I sell the original 2 sticks? Or what do you recommend I do with them?
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You could sell them, but probably won't get much for them. Or they make a nice "high tech" keychain. 😛
 
I save the original RAM in case I need to send it back to Apple for repairs. There have been reports of 3rd party RAM being replaced by Apple ram.
 
rye9 said:
Okay... well then say I get a 4GB kit from Crucial; then could I sell the original 2 sticks? Or what do you recommend I do with them?
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You not going to get much for the Apple RAM, so it's really not worth it. Like old-wiz said, save the Apple RAM just in case you have a problem with the machine. One of the first things Apple will say (blame) is third-party RAM.

So if you end up having a problem with the machine, first thing you can do is try the stock Apple RAM. If the problem still exists, bring it to Apple with the stock RAM in it.

-Kevin
 
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