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Trans Intl ram cheaper than OWC
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I put transintl in my new mac ? always got OWC before but this time the price difference was to much ?
no issues yet
and doubt I will see anysome people using the ZDNet overclocking tool have gotten higher using trans than OWC ? apple was the best ? HMMMMMM
I could not overclock my OWC based mac the one with stock chips I could
maybe their memory is just good enough ? makes you wonder though I used Superbiiz for my 3 x 4gb sticks -- and no problems so far either -- about a month old so far.
Ram's pretty generic -- highly unlikely that the thermal sensor behaves any differently from one versus another. The places pointed out on this thread all use memory with exact right specs specified by Apple.
I bought two of these. They work great with my original ram as well. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139077
the cheapest i've found so far
the cheapest i've found so far
1. That's great to hear -- other than ECC, unbuffered -- did you verify further specs against what Apple uses in it's own machine somehow?
2. Did you find any 8gb sticks with the same parameters?
No I haven't seen any 8gb sticks around. I found the ram by searching for the same specs as what owc sells. as far as I can tell it's the exact same with out the owc sticker.
Exactly.
OWC and Trans Int'l are just resellers (no manufacturing facilities of their own), so they get their products from ODM's, and just put their own name on it.
No idea how RAM is made, but even with same spec's couldn't certain resellers specify to the ODMs to use better materials or use a better manufacturing process to make their RAM?
It's possible, but all that usually happens, is they shop for bids based on a simple spec sheet (type, frequency, capacity, timings, ...). Then they go for the lowest bidder (typically contract terms that state if the ODM's product doesn't comply with spec, then they don't get paid).
Keep in mind, we're talking about assembly manufacturing (assembly contractor buys memory chips, and solders them to a PCB); OWC and Trans Int'l don't have sufficient clout to be a design partner with memory manufacturers (chip makers) such as Micron, Hynix, Qimonda, ....