I heard the best order was to occupy the risers in matching pairs - first in the top two slots, then the bottom two... not sure how much of a difference it makes though. Don't Mac Pros now ship with 1GB at the top of each riser?
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I heard the best order was to occupy the risers in matching pairs - first in the top two slots, then the bottom two... not sure how much of a difference it makes though. Don't Mac Pros now ship with 1GB at the top of each riser?
Edit: Ah, so you bought four OWC sticks and are using the existing two on the other riser for a total of six sticks. Sorry, the photo of the one riser was throwing me off and I didn't construe right.
Yeah, that's the right setup!What do you do that requires so much ram ?
I produce electronic music and use alot of software romplers which use alot of ram so i can never have enough memory
PS im waiting for my 8 core mac to arrive it got shipped a few days ago.....
If the machine starts smoking or blows up, I'll be sure to post about it otherwise I don't know. Smooth sailings so far. All kidding aside, there are a few people doing the same thing here.
Apple Hynix top, OWC bottom.
OWC - great value
ordered 8 Gb Kit from OWC on friday - $468 or thereabouts, delivered on tuesday to the uk - so £240 for 8Gb - fantastic value and fast shipping.
they have good advance replacement policy and lifetime warranty, I think this would be at least £150 more from a uk supplier.
my mac pro shipped yesterday !! ram is waiting on my desk for it
ordered 8 Gb Kit from OWC on friday - $468 or thereabouts, delivered on tuesday to the uk - so £240 for 8Gb - fantastic value and fast shipping.
they have good advance replacement policy and lifetime warranty, I think this would be at least £150 more from a uk supplier.
my mac pro shipped yesterday !! ram is waiting on my desk for it
Outside the US I don't think we get the 15 day replacement policy, or even free return postage for RAM that is DOA. See the asterisk in this link:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Customized_Pages/Framework.cfm?page=PowerBook_Memory/memhead/warranty.html
you got this separately from the ram? i got my ram a few weeks ago with no vat or import tax. should i be expecting a separate bill ?
you got this separately from the ram? i got my ram a few weeks ago with no vat or import tax. should i be expecting a separate bill ?
It came separately, in a letter about 3 weeks after my RAM arrived from OWC. I wasn't expecting it, but it's not too high a price and is still much cheaper than UK prices, so I'm not too bothered.
you got this separately from the ram? i got my ram a few weeks ago with no vat or import tax. should i be expecting a separate bill ?
Always. You can't hide from import tax. DHL, Fedex, you name it get you 1 - 3 weeks after your order has been delivered. They always send you in an invoice many weeks after to pay the import tax bill.
Sometimes imported packages don't came through the customs office, but is being less usual due the strength of the euro in front of the dollar. Most orders are posted to customs...
I've decided get less risks,... US is really far away, and any problem with ram, as replacement for example, should get the same risk to be stopped by customs and pay again the customs taxes (and the shipping is always more expensive).
I mean, I discovered that the ram from Musicstore (http://www.musicstorekoeln.de/is-bi...yID=cETVqHzl7GoAAAEVQB1Wf70R&JumpTo=OfferList) in Germany is from good makers as Hinyx, Samsung or Micron, and the sink is very close to the Apple one (4 sheets). The big difference is that in MusicStore you get "only" 10 years waranty ... but, honestly, hope to have another MacPro in the next 10 years.
And the price? the price is 99€/2Gb Module. So, ordering 4 2Gb modules, you should pay the same as an order from OWC (very probably stopped at customs).
WP
PS: For europeans who are self employers or a bussines, buying into the EU exclude us to pay the VAT (just if you are registered at your taxes office as a guy who buys in europe, ... and is a free registration), I'm, so each 2Gb module will be 83,19€ for me.
I've decided get less risks,... US is really far away, and any problem with ram, as replacement for example, should get the same risk to be stopped by customs and pay again the customs taxes (and the shipping is always more expensive).
I mean, I discovered that the ram from Musicstore (http://www.musicstorekoeln.de/is-bi...yID=cETVqHzl7GoAAAEVQB1Wf70R&JumpTo=OfferList) in Germany is from good makers as Hinyx, Samsung or Micron, and the sink is very close to the Apple one (4 sheets). The big difference is that in MusicStore you get "only" 10 years waranty ... but, honestly, hope to have another MacPro in the next 10 years.
And the price? the price is 99€/2Gb Module. So, ordering 4 2Gb modules, you should pay the same as an order from OWC (very probably stopped at customs).
WP
PS: For europeans who are self employers or a bussines, buying into the EU exclude us to pay the VAT (just if you are registered at your taxes office as a guy who buys in europe, ... and is a free registration), I'm, so each 2Gb module will be 83,19€ for me.
Does anyone know about memoryc.com - I came across them after Googling FB-DIMMS via a Mushkin press release from overclockers ? Their prices seem low but I can't find much in the way of detail or any pictures on their site.
http://www.memoryc.com/APPLE/Mac/Mac-Pro-8-Core-Workstation-3-2GHz--MA970LL-A-.html
http://www.memoryc.com/APPLE/Mac/Mac-Pro-8-Core-Workstation-3-2GHz--MA970LL-A-.html
OK, Crucial have something, not cheap though.
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Mac%20Pro%20%288-core%20Xeon%205400%20Series%29
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Mac%20Pro%20%288-core%20Xeon%205400%20Series%29
They're out of their tiny minds
While I'm not defending their pricing, they surely know the memory industry as well as anyone and probably decided that they'd make more money by pricing high and selling lower volume.
I bought 4GB of ram from OWC at the end of Jan, it arrived safely with duty charges.
I bought another 4gb on the 5th of Feb and it arrived on the 9th with duties.
I have a letter this moring from parcel force saying they are holding a package for me and there is £36 duty, I called and they confirmed they have the package and it's from "OWC"
...how odd is that, I have not ordered a 3rd set of RAM.
gonna go down in the morning to see what it is
I bought another 4gb on the 5th of Feb and it arrived on the 9th with duties.
I have a letter this moring from parcel force saying they are holding a package for me and there is £36 duty, I called and they confirmed they have the package and it's from "OWC"
...how odd is that, I have not ordered a 3rd set of RAM.
gonna go down in the morning to see what it is
It says: "Within 15 Days of invoice date*: Should any issue be experienced with a module in a system it is listed to be compatible with, OWC will - At no cost to you, issue a Return Shipment Label..."
And it also says: "A Lifetime Warranty applies to all OWC Memory items unless otherwise specified. Should your memory product cease to function in a system that module was listed as compatible with at the time of purchase, OWC will replace the module at no cost."
Thus, as the modules are claimed to be compatible, they should replace them free of charge.
Just to clear that up.
I ordered 4 x 2GB from OWC and it cost $468 with tax and shipping. Here in UK I paid another £53 for import duty and handling fee. This comes out to about £300 in total.
This is much less than the £672 for the same amount of ram from Crucial here in UK.
Double checking here... Is it OK to mix Crucial Mac Pro ram with the stock 2GB Apple ram that comes with it...?
As I'm after 1GB sticks.
Ouch, 6GB £563.96
As I'm after 1GB sticks.
Ouch, 6GB £563.96
So I went to the parcelforce depot this morning...
paid the £36.55 duty and they handed me a box, another 4gb of RAM!
guessing OWC shipped two lots by accident.
so now I have bought 8GB of RAM (2 orders of 2x2gb) and they've sent me 12gb (3 orders of 2x2gb)
grand total inc duty - £357 for 12GB of 800mhz RAM (6x2gb)
Bargain!
paid the £36.55 duty and they handed me a box, another 4gb of RAM!
guessing OWC shipped two lots by accident.
so now I have bought 8GB of RAM (2 orders of 2x2gb) and they've sent me 12gb (3 orders of 2x2gb)
grand total inc duty - £357 for 12GB of 800mhz RAM (6x2gb)
Bargain!