Thanks! Ordered 8GB.
How long to they usually take to ship?
I want to say I had mine in 2-3 days via USPS
Thanks! Ordered 8GB.
How long to they usually take to ship?
Nice find! Just ordered this and haven't even made it to the Apple Store yet to get my iMac
I think I'm a back-to-school incentive away from ordering the base 21.5" model. One of these would max out its RAM for about $115 cheaper than Apple offers, right?
And if I were tempted to instead go with the upgraded 21.5" and max out a 16G of memory, I'd buy how many of these?
Sorry for the rudimentary questions ... my last computer purchase was 8 years ago and I went BTO, so I never really paid attention to these sort of details before.
I think I'm a back-to-school incentive away from ordering the base 21.5" model. One of these would max out its RAM for about $115 cheaper than Apple offers, right?
And if I were tempted to instead go with the upgraded 21.5" and max out a 16G of memory, I'd buy how many of these?
Sorry for the rudimentary questions ... my last computer purchase was 8 years ago and I went BTO, so I never really paid attention to these sort of details before.
well it comes with four ram slots. Two which are use by apple ram which are 2 gbs a piece. So if you took those out then you would buy 4 X 4 GB (two sets) for a total of 16. that is maxed out (you could actually fit 32gb). I would recommend just buying a set (2 X 4 GB) leaving the two already installed in there for a total of 12 GB.
$70 for a total of 12 GB with the 4 that it comes with or
$140 for 16 GB (you have to take out the stock ram) so you'll have 4 GB extra.
Hope this helps and not confuse you more.
You would need to purchase 2 of these kits to get 16gb (you'd replace the original 2 x 2gb filling all 4 slots with 4gb sticks). However, if you just buy one kit, you will have 12gb, and that is still a very good amount that is plenty for most people.
I would suggest jumping on this deal...they will run out of this RAM - it is VERY highly rated plus lifetime warranty to boot!
Thanks for the heads up. I went ahead and ordered 16gb right off the bat. Now all I have to do is order the iMac during the Back to School Sale.
I'm oissed because I bought ram, 8 bg (2x4gb) to out in my new iMac...then had to return my iMac. Now I have to eBay the damn ram.
Point is, make sure you are happy before you buy more ram!
Updated sale for July 4 Holiday - see the 1st post for the new link and promo code...this is $15 cheaper than it was 1 month ago on sale and $33 cheaper than it was at the beginning of May!
Works great - no issues since installing it...so cheap, I might just buy another 8GB and pull the 4GB that came with the thing to get to 16GB overall
works on all 2011 iMacs and also people with 2010s have reported it working too
Arrrrrggghh!! Just tried today and looks like they are out of stock.
Great tip OP! Thanks a ton. The upgrade from 4 to 12gigs helps alot with my workflow, last year I think I gave $150+ for 8 gigs, so nice to see ram even at the $69.99 level.
Guess I'll try again later.