Rammed my head into the wall!

Yes it will work. The reccomended ram is supposed to be 1.35v however most people have luck with 1.5 variants. For the sake of saving yourself a hassle pay 20 dollars more and pick up some Corsair at Frys. That is if you have one local to you....

 

that RAM will work

 

Looks like that RAM has a couple of good reviews from Mac users. That's probably the first place I'd be looking. Corsair and Crucial make good memory too.

 

Corsair is a good, reliable brand.

 

I love all my corsair products, ram Included.

 

I would think that one has good reviews, and should work..

FYI: This Mushkin RAM seems to work quite well in mine, and is 1.35v as well.. and is now down to $72 Shipped!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226323

 

OWC has the parts, tools, and installation videos.


http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade

 

Mushkin is absolutely Very Reliable.. they have been around for many years, and are located in Denver, CO area.. Made in the USA baby!! ** says the Canadian!!

http://www.mushkin.com/About-Us.aspx

What your computer should likely have in it, according to the 'RAM Calculator' on their page:

http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Essentials/997038.aspx

** All I can honestly say is that I am 'led to believe' the CL9 vs CL11 will not be as noticeable as going down to a slower RAM speed (mine could take 1333/10,600) and the 'PC3L' designation is for Low Voltage (1.35v) which the MBP's are designed for, as opposed to 1.5volt..

Mine works great, all I can tell you from experience.. Sorry!!

 

Mushkin is good, Corsair is good. CAS 9 should be faster than CAS 11, but on a Mac they may both be running at the slower speed anyway.

Just watch for sales at Fry's. I bought some Crucial RAM for my mid 2009 MacBook Pro there a few months ago and it ended up being cheaper than Amazon or Newegg.

 

What year Mac do you have? Don't the newer models use DDR3L RAM?

 

As far as I know, that is only the rMBP.

*edit* Nevermind, that just indicates it runs at 1.35v instead of 1.5v. The new MBP will accept both.

 

I have a set of these installed in my 2012 cMBP: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226323

Matches Crucial/OWC spec-for-spec and has been running without a hitch since summer.

 

how THICK is your head? Did you break the wall? Picture?

 

If you're not running out of RAM at the moment, you're throwing money away at the wall along with your head, you know?

 

Crucial.

Plus, they make it easy by having a selector, to make sure you pick the right RAM for your system: www.crucial.com

Use the Crucial memory advisor tool, on the page that opens.