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Ram for my iMac

Sup3rknova

Sup3rknova

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Feb 11, 2010
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Riverside, CA
Hello all,
I have a iMac (17-inch Late 2006) and i want to upgrade my ram. Everything works fine since the day i bought it. (Thanks Steve) I like to have fun with photoshop, imovie, final cut etc... I upgraded to snow leopard and it seems some of the programs run slightly slower. Should I upgrade my Ram and is this a good buy instead of buying two 1GB. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206465835:apple:
 
Your iMac can take up to 3GB of RAM (1 1GB and 1 2GB) although 2 2GB will work fine (you will only see 3GB total though). That price is OK for a 2GB stick but nothing spectacular. TO see if you need more RAM, look at Activity Monitor. If the pageins / pageouts is less than 10, you could probably use more RAM.
 
flopticalcube said:
Your iMac can take up to 3GB of RAM (1 1GB and 1 2GB) although 2 2GB will work fine (you will only see 3GB total though). That price is OK for a 2GB stick but nothing spectacular. TO see if you need more RAM, look at Activity Monitor. If the pageins / pageouts is less than 10, you could probably use more RAM.
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I will check my activity monitor.. thanks for the info.
::edit:: should i check it on a restart or shall i open up a few apps at once? will that make a difference?
 
Sup3rknova said:
I will check my activity monitor.. thanks for the info.
::edit:: should i check it on a restart or shall i open up a few apps at once? will that make a difference?
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Ideally after a full days use.

I'll also add that you can mix and match RAM as much as you want (a 512MB stick with a 2GB stick, for example). The only downside is a slight loss in speed as some of the RAM won't work in dual-channel mode but its minor (less than 5%).
 
flopticalcube said:
Ideally after a full days use.

I'll also add that you can mix and match RAM as much as you want (a 512MB stick with a 2GB stick, for example). The only downside is a slight loss in speed as some of the RAM won't work in dual-channel mode but its minor (less than 5%).
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ok so should i just buy the bundle from crucial.com i posted? All opinions are welcome...:)
 
flopticalcube said:
I would just buy a single 2GB stick. Then you would have 2.5GB (assuming you currently have 2X512MB). If you feel you need even more RAM in the future, you could add another 1 GB stick to replace the 512MB one later to max out at 3GB.
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yea i have 2 x 512. I see what your saying. If i buy the bundle 1X 2GB, i could for the same price buy a 2Gb and have a 2 and 512. Ill have a little extra ram.. Cool thanks!
Seems like kingston is a recommended brand when using the google.
 
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