Report of Crucial Memory crashing Yosemite. Anyone successfully upgraded?

[NJRonbo]

I'll refer to this post if the OP does not mind:

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/20179375/

(Read his additional posts as well)

I am about to purchase a 5k Retina iMac

Going with the base 8GB and upgrading to 32GB

Buying Crucial Memory from here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/889298-REG/crucial_ct2k8g3s160bm_16gb_2x8_204p_sodimm.html

Am I about to make a huge mistake? I am thinking of just buying the insanely expensive memory from Apple instead.

 

[xgman]

Seems like a coincidence. Likely either some bad sticks or a coincidental Yosemite install/hardware error. RMA the sticks and try again or try a new clean YOS install first would be my advice.

 

[kendrickhphoto]

I had that same exact memory in my Late 2013 on Yosemite and it ran fine.

 

[RyanJWilliams]

Bad RAM sounds likely. Failing RAM can occur due to old age, mishandling, or manufacturing defects. However, it doesn't very often completely fail — it'll usually just zip out and cause catastrophic errors at really inopportune moments, like when doing something intensive. I've had RAM just throw Windows into a blue screen at what seemed like random.

 

[Georgio]

I've always used Crucial memory in my Macs and never had a problem, though I do tend to sling out the Apple memory which is usually Samsung and just fill everything up with one brand of memory.
Mixing and matching different brand memory even if the same spec. is just asking for trouble in my opinion.
Memory is cheap, it's a 'crucial' part of the machine, so just replace it all (see what I did there).

 

[RyanJWilliams]

I've always used Crucial memory in my Macs and never had a problem, though I do tend to sling out the Apple memory which is usually Samsung and just fill everything up with one brand of memory.
Mixing and matching different brand memory even if the same spec. is just asking for trouble in my opinion.
Memory is cheap, it's a 'crucial' part of the machine, so just replace it all (see what I did there).

Seems more like a monumental waste of money to me considering you're already paying a premium for what's in there, but each to their own. Mixing RAM isn't a problem as long as you put matching sticks in the correct slots.

 

[kendrickhphoto]

Seems more like a monumental waste of money to me considering you're already paying a premium for what's in there, but each to their own. Mixing RAM isn't a problem as long as you put matching sticks in the correct slots.

In terms of the base 8 GB that comes in the system it is 4 GB x 2 that is no up charge.

If you wanted to upgrade to 32 GB they all have to be replaced by 8 GB x 4 and you can't use the 4 GB x 2 that comes in there. Currently the 16 GB Crucial kit is $136.

If you upgraded to 16 GB from Apple it is $200 + $136 = $336.
If you just buy 32 GB from Crucial it is $272.

 

[Georgio]

Seems more like a monumental waste of money to me considering you're already paying a premium for what's in there, but each to their own. Mixing RAM isn't a problem as long as you put matching sticks in the correct slots.

Not really, it's not like I throw the stock sticks away, I usually sell on EBay to off-set the cost of maxing out the crucial RAM.
As I said, I know there shouldn't be a problem with mixing banks of matching RAM, but I just feel happier with all the memory matching, it's an old PC building habit of mine.

 

[jeffjak25]

I am using crucial ram in my new 5k iMac from my 2012 iMac with no problems.