Recomended Memory Brand

[gauol]

I have the latest macbook pro 17" 2.6, and i'm looking to upgrade to 4GB of RAM. The two brands i usually choose from are crucial and corsair. The corsair appears to have better latency. Are there particular brands that work better in the MAC?

 

[CanadaRAM]

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[alphaod]

OCZ, Crucial, Corsair, Kingston. Tried all and they all are good; I like OCZ best.

 

[squeeks]

OCZ, Crucial, Corsair, Kingston. Tried all and they all are good; I like OCZ best.

i second that, ive used OCZ from the day i bought my MBP a year ago works flawlessly

 

[Eidorian]

Anything with a lifetime warranty.

 

[SpookyLars]

In my every Mac, I've installed Kingston. No problems so far.

 

[bmcgrath]

I've got Crucial and Corsair memory in my Macs and it works a charm 🙂

 

[squeeks]

In my every Mac, I've installed Kingston. No problems so far.

you're lucky, stay away from kingston i have a box full of dead kingston ram if anyone wants it

 

[RainForRent]

I have been dreadfully disappointed in RAM from OWC. Thank goodness for the lifetime warranty– my 1GB chip has been replaced 3 times.

 

[Interventionist]

I have the latest macbook pro 17" 2.6, and i'm looking to upgrade to 4GB of RAM. The two brands i usually choose from are crucial and corsair. The corsair appears to have better latency. Are there particular brands that work better in the MAC?

Just installed 2gig stick about a month ago from RamJet:

www.ramjet.com/?gclid=COXP3-mS4ZQCFRdinAodE1rrQg

Lifetime Guarantee

 

[CanadaRAM]

you're lucky, stay away from kingston i have a box full of dead kingston ram if anyone wants it

Kingston has a lifetime warranty, why not you turn it in for all new ones?

Kingston tech support +1 (800) 435-0640

Question: is it the Kingston ValueRAM or the Kingston Machine-specific RAM?

 

[Fenir]

i'm using G.Skill ATM, no problems

 

[imapfsr]

I have the latest macbook pro 17" 2.6, and i'm looking to upgrade to 4GB of RAM. The two brands i usually choose from are crucial and corsair. The corsair appears to have better latency. Are there particular brands that work better in the MAC?

gauol,
If you live in Canada Future Shop has a great web only deal on 2GB sticks for $34.99 I ordered two for $75 delivered. Check it out
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pr...angid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10101433&catid=10486

 

[dibara2003]

anyone tried the Corsair Value Select 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2-667 200-Pin SODIMM in a penryn mbp? i found them for $70

 

[tecknical]

corsair is king of RAM for me. ive used them for a while now and my uncle who is a computer repairman/builder always always uses them and he never had any problems.

 

[dibara2003]

corsair is king of RAM for me. ive used them for a while now and my uncle who is a computer repairman/builder always always uses them and he never had any problems.

how's the valueselect line compared to their mac line?

 

[atluten]

I currently have 2 sticks of Crucial memory in my Powerbook and am very satisfied with it.

 

[techlover828]

owc ram is awesome, it has a lifetime warranty and really good customer care.

 

[atlanticza]

I currently have 2 sticks of Crucial memory in my Powerbook and am very satisfied with it.

Just installed 4GB Crucial in Mac Pro: flawless.

 

[fubarza]

Just installed 4GB Crucial in Mac Pro: flawless.

Ditto. I orderred mine from crucial.com last Wednesday and I received it today via UPS delivery - I live in South Africa.

The 4GB upgrade makes a huge difference, I'm extremely happy with my purchase 🙂

 

[mobi]

We have used Crucial on the last 3 Mac notebooks without any problems!

 

[merl1n]

owc ram is awesome, it has a lifetime warranty and really good customer care.

I second that. I have never had a problem with RAM from OWC.

 

[dibara2003]

For those of you who have crucials, did you buy the mac line? I have a chance to pick up a 4gb set of the value selects for $60 shipped and was wondering if there was a diff. Thanks

 

[fubarza]

For those of you who have crucials, did you buy the mac line? I have a chance to pick up a 4gb set of the value selects for $60 shipped and was wondering if there was a diff. Thanks

Yup, you need to get the Macbook Pro ram. Don't get value.

 

[CanadaRAM]

For those of you who have crucials, did you buy the mac line? I have a chance to pick up a 4gb set of the value selects for $60 shipped and was wondering if there was a diff. Thanks

Value Select is Corsair, not Crucial.

In our experience there is no difference between the Corsair Value Select and the Corsair Value Select Apple line -- other than Corsair will guarantee compatibility on the VSA and will not on the VS.