What a difference 8GB of Ram makes in my 2011 MBP!

[Jeff5886]

Wow!

I just popped in 8GB into my 17" 2011 Macbook Pro because it was a little slow when it came to Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator (and that's not even having them all open at the same time)...

With 8GB now these things FLY open! It's insane how much faster it is!

I am thinking about upgrading my 5400RPM HD to a 750GB 7200RPM HD... will I see a big difference in speeds there too?

link to ram?

 

[MKang25]

ok so basically the 8gb is for those who do alot of gaming???????? i'll be using my mac to surf the internet make powerpoints... etc..

im getting a base mac book pro 13.3 inch except for 750 gb hard drive (can't resist lol)....

For your typical consumer 4gb is more than enough. If all your going to be doing is surfing the web, listening to music, playing games and word processing than 4 gigs is more than enough. 8GB are for people who use Memory Intensive apps like Photoshop, AutoCAD, Video Editing, serious coding or running virtual machines.

 

[Tydog07]

Where can I find 1600MHZ ram?

 

[Naimfan]

Where can I find 1600MHZ ram?

First: Why? It's not going to speed anything up to where you'd EVER notice it.

Second: The BRIEFEST search either here using MRoogle or on the web at large would turn up any number of sources.

 

[Philflow]

I am thinking about upgrading my 5400RPM HD to a 750GB 7200RPM HD... will I see a big difference in speeds there too?

Check out how the Seagate XT Hybruid drive runs in my MBP 2011 13" with 4GB RAM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMldqf5oUZw

Seeing is believing.

 

[Molson1020]

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-DDR3-...F8ZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310928222&sr=8-2

This was the ram that I bought.

 

[Tydog07]

First: Why? It's not going to speed anything up to where you'd EVER notice it.

Second: The BRIEFEST search either here using MRoogle or on the web at large would turn up any number of sources.

Actually some people report minor imporovements, and I did a lot of researching this morning and ended up finding one un-broken link so I could have a product number.


EDIT: Just bought the amazon $60 ram, very excited!

But that I see that it is double the price, I'll pass and stick with the ram on Amazon (1333 Mhz.)for $50, I've never heard of Corsair, hope it's good!

 

[ThirtyThr33]

There isn't much difference between 5400rpm and 7200rpm. Now an SSD... THAT would make a huge difference.

I wish SSDs didn't crash so often and they were bigger :/

 

[AFPoster]

What is the CAS latency of your RAM? I believe 9 is what the MBP comes with (mine had Hynix in it)

how do I check this? btw this is what I purchased: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169666&SID=iizmc7a1pvtv