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UK Mac Pro Ram
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For 2 of those they're selling them for about £70 less than OWC!
Are these the same quality of RAM modules that OWC sells? Has anyone used this company before?
I'm incredibly tempted to cancel my OWC order... for these prices I could just afford to get 8 gigs instead of 4.
Just waiting for mac now
I had my 8gb OWC ram delivered to the UK yesterday - took about a week including wait for stock so pretty quick overall. I had it delivered via FedEx and they didn't even charge me any VAT or anything additional
Order process was a smooth as anything, so if you're worried, don't be.
Apple UK are charging £2200 for 8gb list time I looked - mine came to just over £200 after shipping lol.
All I have to do now is twiddle my thumbs until my 2.8 with 8800 ships zzzz.
I had my 8gb OWC ram delivered to the UK yesterday - took about a week including wait for stock so pretty quick overall. I had it delivered via FedEx and they didn't even charge me any VAT or anything additional
Order process was a smooth as anything, so if you're worried, don't be.
Apple UK are charging £2200 for 8gb list time I looked - mine came to just over £200 after shipping lol.
All I have to do now is twiddle my thumbs until my 2.8 with 8800 ships zzzz.
For anyone interested I have 2x1GB Apple Mac Pro 800Mhz Ram Modules for sale on eBay (in the UK)
Check the sig.
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Check the sig.
Thanks
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I had it delivered via FedEx and they didn't even charge me any VAT or anything additional
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Er, expect an invoice from Fedex in a few weeks. I have dealt with them many times.
I was surprised how quickly it came. For what? £9, it was shipped in 5 days. It would have been 4 but as I am at a new address, the FedEx guy assumed it was incorrect but after a quick call to CS, it came a few hours later. The nice lady at CS even called later in the day to check that it was delivered.
rds - which postal service did you choose?
I was impatient (I waited 32 days for my old mac pro memory to arrive)
so I went with the highest priced, was about £25 for deliver but it shipped on the 28th and delivered on the 30th.
I don't mind waiting a week or so but it never says how long to expect to wait.
...Ironically I also have my stock RAM for sale on ebay...lol
p.s. please note the auction was put up hours before I even saw this thread
I was impatient (I waited 32 days for my old mac pro memory to arrive)
so I went with the highest priced, was about £25 for deliver but it shipped on the 28th and delivered on the 30th.
I don't mind waiting a week or so but it never says how long to expect to wait.
...Ironically I also have my stock RAM for sale on ebay...lol
p.s. please note the auction was put up hours before I even saw this thread
Does anyone know if there is any import duty on memory/RAM from USA into the UK. I know that you have to pay VAT 17.5%
Cheers
Andy
Cheers
Andy
there is yes.
I bought 4gb (2x2gb) from OWC and duty was about £30.
still, £160 in total for 4GB of ram was cheaper than anywhere else in the UK
Cheers
Im looking at getting 16gb(8x2gb) from OWC and i reckon its going to cost roughly £640 in total
I got mine from OWC a few days back and didn't pay any duty at all
it's possible you'll get an invoice within 28 days
Finally, Crucial has MacPro (early 2008) up in the UK store. Prices aren't as bad as I thought they might be - haven't compared to OWC with VAT and FedEx yet...
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Mac Pro (8-core)&pl=Mac Pro&cat=RAM
DDR2 PC2-5300 is the 800mhz RAM? or am I messing up? (Haven't ordered any yet so no biggie)
EDIT: Yep, I messed up! Sorry guys :-(
DDR2 PC2-5300 is the 800mhz RAM? or am I messing up? (Haven't ordered any yet so no biggie)
EDIT: Yep, I messed up! Sorry guys :-(
That's for the "old" MP.
We need: http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Mac Pro (8-core Xeon 5400 Series)
yeah u want it to say DDR2-800 not DDR2-667.
Do not buy this memory for new mac pro.
Asked one of the Crucial Reps and they said within the next week some should be available, he wouldn't give me any prices though. I also rang another supplier of Kingston Ram and they quoted me £650 + V.A.T + Delivery for a 8GB Kit, I laughed at him down the phone, which wasn't very professional of me I know, but they are having a laugh when you compare it to what OWC are offering.
3x as much for RAM in the UK is not funny. Seriously considering ordering from OWC.
3x as much for RAM in the UK is not funny. Seriously considering ordering from OWC.
That is crazy
.I ordered an 8Gb kit from OWC yesterday, am getting it tomorrow.
Price including UPS Express shipping is $479.
I payed £50 import duty.
Received mine today and I was dinged for $61.75 Canadian by customs.
So is this the correct orientation? I have all my OWC in on the first riser card while the 2x1GB Apple Hynix are on the bottom. The manual insert was a little hard to grasp.
Feels snappier than with 2GB but I can't really quantify how much the improvement really is.
So is this the correct orientation? I have all my OWC in on the first riser card while the 2x1GB Apple Hynix are on the bottom. The manual insert was a little hard to grasp.
Feels snappier than with 2GB but I can't really quantify how much the improvement really is.