Upgrading my MBP to 8gb RAM! Need help deciding which one to get and where to get it.

[MisterFeeney]

I am in the same situation looking to upgrade my july 2009 MBP to 8GB for photoshop and Lightroom.


I have the option of Kingston Value RAM or Corsair RAM, Corsair kit is about 10% more expensive....

Why not OWC?

 

[Mr.Bullitt]

Why not OWC?

as I am not in the US, I have to pay xtra shipping, 14% duties and 25% sales tax upon arrival :-(

 

[Mr.Bullitt]

I've got 2 x 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333GHz (CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9) in my Mid-2010 MacBook Pro 15" i5. So far so good.

Any reason to get the 1333 over the 1066? The 1333 cost about 20% more here and has high latencies (9 vs 7).

 

[perfectshadows]

dont think the mbp supports 1333mhz

 

[daneoni]

dont think the mbp supports 1333mhz

It supports it but it'll just downgrade it back to 1066MHz anyway so it's kind of a waste.

 

[Mr.Bullitt]

It supports it but it'll just downgrade it back to 1066MHz anyway so it's kind of a waste.

And I geuss will run at slower latency too??? :-(

 

[MisterFeeney]

as I am not in the US, I have to pay xtra shipping, 14% duties and 25% sales tax upon arrival :-(

Ahh, I now understand.

 

[iliramove]

Any reason to get the 1333 over the 1066? The 1333 cost about 20% more here and has high latencies (9 vs 7).

Yes, you can still use it as 1066MHz. Your Mac will downclock it to match with the bus of your motherboard. Not so bad as it's still running on 7-7-7-xx latency.

Hope this helps.