Should I max out at 16GB of RAM in my MacBook Pro?

thundersteele said:
Ok, thanks. The memory brand is still unknown, in the sense that I don't know what memory brand I will get... or would it be more appropriate to call this OEM or no-brand memory?
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They've obviously re-branded it, so it's anyone's guess as to what manufacturer's RAM they resell. I'm not sure what to call it, but I personally wouldn't risk it. I'd stick with a well-known manufacturer who has a good warranty and a reputation to protect.
 
GGJstudios said:
They've obviously re-branded it, so it's anyone's guess as to what manufacturer's RAM they resell. I'm not sure what to call it, but I personally wouldn't risk it. I'd stick with a well-known manufacturer who has a good warranty and a reputation to protect.
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I fully agree with that.

Do brands like Corsair and Crucial actually produce their own RAM? Or is it more like with SSDs, where you buy a controller and NAND chips, throw them into a 2.5'' metal box, and sell it? (yes, I know it is slightly more complicated)
 
thundersteele said:
I fully agree with that.

Do brands like Corsair and Crucial actually produce their own RAM? Or is it more like with SSDs, where you buy a controller and NAND chips, throw them into a 2.5'' metal box, and sell it? (yes, I know it is slightly more complicated)
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I'm not sure which manufacturers actually fabricate their own chips and which are assemblers.
 
If you have the funds.
Shure max it out.
Why not?
Maximum RAM and a nice SSD are the best upgrades you can do to your Mac.
 
Mine came from OWC which for awhile there was the only one selling the 8gb chips. I started with 12 and when the price dropped pretty good I bought one 8gb chip so now I have 16gb. Which has been working fine and very nice with CS5
 
UK 16gb RAM?

Does anyone have any links in the UK to purchase a 16gb upgrade? Ive been looking but allst that I can find is those komputerbay ones...

The only other set i found was these:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb...-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-10-10-10-27-xm

But not sure if the Mhz, and channel (single, dual, triple, quad) is correct for my early (june) 2011 Macbook Pro 17" i7.

can anyone be of assistance? (treat me as a simpleton, i'm fairly new to mac and not knowledgable on interior hardware)

Thanks,

Karl
 
Late 2011 MBP. Numerous work screens open...FCP, InDesign, Illus, PShop. Intensive work with 8GB and nary a sign of slowdown. I'd be interested to know what you are doing that you really, truly need 16GB of RAM.
 
Tonewheel said:
Late 2011 MBP. Numerous work screens open...FCP, InDesign, Illus, PShop. Intensive work with 8GB and nary a sign of slowdown. I'd be interested to know what you are doing that you really, truly need 16GB of RAM.
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Here we go with the you don't "need" 16GB RAM stuff..I don't and I do lots of cool stuff so you can't need it 'cause your stuff isn't as cool as mine..

try doing all of that with a virtual machine open maybe even 2, give each 3 or 4GB ram and see where you stand..

It's really easy to bun through ram...I can burn through all 8 just editing 1 small photo..
 
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dontwalkhand said:
I love messing around in VMWare and Parallels, and I also love playing around in other OSes in VMs such as the new developer preview in Windows 8. I also refuse to leave the Mac OS platform while doing so (it is nice to be able to three finger swipe between OSes).

Should I max out at 16GB of RAM for my MBP? Where do you guys recommend I buy this RAM from? I know that Crucial has a 16GB kit for my MBP for $120.
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I feel that 8GB will be enough for you but you could always go to 16 if you like. In the end, 16 will come in handy a couple years down the line if not now. IMO, $120 is a good price for it.
 
Tonewheel said:
Late 2011 MBP. Numerous work screens open...FCP, InDesign, Illus, PShop. Intensive work with 8GB and nary a sign of slowdown. I'd be interested to know what you are doing that you really, truly need 16GB of RAM.
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You will see improvement with your work flow, I guarantee it.

In my case, I see the biggest gain running VMs. My 2010 27" iMac has 32GB which allows me to run a whole test environment on one machine. I'd probably be fine at 24GB, but it's such a awkward quantity.
 
Asterix DH said:
Does anyone have any links in the UK to purchase a 16gb upgrade? Ive been looking but allst that I can find is those komputerbay ones...

The only other set i found was these:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb...-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-10-10-10-27-xm

But not sure if the Mhz, and channel (single, dual, triple, quad) is correct for my early (june) 2011 Macbook Pro 17" i7.

can anyone be of assistance? (treat me as a simpleton, i'm fairly new to mac and not knowledgable on interior hardware)

Thanks,

Karl
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I would go with www.crucial.com/uk

The ram you linked to won't work. It's 240 pin desktop ram. On the mini sub forum another user from the uk was asking about 16 GB with a link to the exact ram you need.

Edit: here you go

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/par...rue&AID=10273954&PID=4169666&SID=i5o9i9shz6ks
 
Yes, thanks to all - I'm considering a new MBP with the full RAM upgrade simply because running a full "Oracle Fusion Middleware" stack on a VM seems to require a minimum of 6 GB RAM. (Hey, a 1 GB WebLogic managed server here, another there.. it starts to add up!)

In the opinion of the group, is there a particular reason to consider a processor upgrade (i7 over the i5) for a maxed out RAM machine?
 
JamesGorman said:
The late 2011 2.2GHZ will only run 1333mhz ram, but will still accept 16GB.
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That's what my E2011 17" MBP i7QC said before I installed 8GB of 1600MHz RAM, now it says it will accept 1600MHz RAM.

After installing the RAM and clicking on About This Mac, More Info, and clicking on the memory tab it now says it has 2 memory slots, each of which accepts a 1600MHz memory module.
 
cothomps said:
Yes, thanks to all - I'm considering a new MBP with the full RAM upgrade simply because running a full "Oracle Fusion Middleware" stack on a VM seems to require a minimum of 6 GB RAM. (Hey, a 1 GB WebLogic managed server here, another there.. it starts to add up!)

In the opinion of the group, is there a particular reason to consider a processor upgrade (i7 over the i5) for a maxed out RAM machine?
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Is the cost difference going to hurt you? I like to buy the fastest machine I can afford because they never design software to run better on a slower machine. I saved my money by buying an E2011 2.2 i7QC when the L2011 2.4 i7QC came out. The trade off saved me $500.00 USD. :cool: :apple:
 
I plan on buying a MBP sometime this year, paying off bills. I love virtualizations, intact I am running a lion vm and typing this post with it :p. I got a quad core i7 laptop(the first run don't know the codename) its pretty bad ass and can handle any vm I throw at it. I use vmware and virtual box on it. I have 4gig of ram...the only down side to this laptop is the damn nvidia video card, it gets too freaking up to 120c, yes I have cleaned, repasted etc. So when I get my new MBP I DO NOT WANT nvidia. I am sick of buying laptops every couple years because of hardware failures.
 
Tonewheel said:
Late 2011 MBP. Numerous work screens open...FCP, InDesign, Illus, PShop. Intensive work with 8GB and nary a sign of slowdown. I'd be interested to know what you are doing that you really, truly need 16GB of RAM.
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Eh. When it gets down to $70 or so dollars in the next year, personally, I figure why not upgrade? I'll upgrade to 1600MHz memory at the same time. Combined, it'll give my integrated GPU, which I'm on 80% of the time, a nice little boost.
 
if i put 16gb of ram on my macbook pro 13 late 2011 de video performance will increase?? and how much the speed performance will increase??:confused:
 
Alex701 said:
if i put 16gb of ram on my macbook pro 13 late 2011 de video performance will increase?? and how much the speed performance will increase??:confused:
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It depends on what you typically run and if you're maxing out the RAM you have. Launch Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab at the bottom to check your page outs. Page outs are cumulative since your last restart, so the best way to check is to restart your computer and track page outs under your normal workload (the apps, browser pages and documents you normally would have open). If your page outs are significant (say 1GB or more) under normal use, you may benefit from more RAM. If your page outs are zero under your normal workload, you won't see any performance improvement by adding RAM.
 
Same here 16 GB memory on a early 2011 17" Macbook Pro. Historically, Apple tends to be conservative when defining the max RAM for its computers. Just visit Everymac.com and check the notes of the RAM section of most of the models there. You will notice that the actual max RAM is always higher then what the official Apple documentation suggested.
 
Sgt. Raven said:
That's what my E2011 17" MBP i7QC said before I installed 8GB of 1600MHz RAM, now it says it will accept 1600MHz RAM.

After installing the RAM and clicking on About This Mac, More Info, and clicking on the memory tab it now says it has 2 memory slots, each of which accepts a 1600MHz memory module.
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But the late 2011 2.2 GHz has a different CPU than the early 2.2 GHz MBP.
The early 2011 has the 2720QM CPU, which will take 1600 MHz RAM. The late 2011 CPU is called 2675QM and does not support 1600 MHz RAM.

The late 2011 high end model (2.4 GHz) is a 2760QM CPU which again can handle 1600 MHz RAM. This is just one of the small things that make the high end model "high-end", besides just having a faster clock speed.
 
thundersteele said:
But the late 2011 2.2 GHz has a different CPU than the early 2.2 GHz MBP.
The early 2011 has the 2720QM CPU, which will take 1600 MHz RAM. The late 2011 CPU is called 2675QM and does not support 1600 MHz RAM.

The late 2011 high end model (2.4 GHz) is a 2760QM CPU which again can handle 1600 MHz RAM. This is just one of the small things that make the high end model "high-end", besides just having a faster clock speed.
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Really? How does the early model take it though not the late model? Maybe people were having issues with 1600MHz RAM?
 
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