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Will these RAM cards work in MBP?

Garbag3man117

Garbag3man117

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Hi. Even though Apple says the early 2011 MBP's only support 8GB of RAM, I've read they actually support 16GB. As there is only 2 RAM card slots, I looked around, and found the cheapest cards. They are from Newegg.com located here. Can anyone tell me if they will fit in the MBP? It looks like they will, here are the specs:

2 x 8GB
240-PIN
DDR3 SDRAM
"ECC Registered DDR3" (Can anyone tell me what that is?)
PC3 10600
"Server Memory Model KVR1333D3D4R9SK2/16G" ("Can anyone tell me what this is too?")

Just if you need to know, this will be in either the 15 or 17 inch MBP with 2.3GHz i7. Will those cards work in the system? Thanks.
 
No, they will not, for two reasons. First, they are desktop sized memory, and are too big to fit in the computer. Second, the ECC means that it only works with workstation processors (Xeon). If you want 16GB (probably unnecessary), you'll be looking at about $1400 for the upgrade. You need DDR3 1333MHz 204-pin SODIMMs. here is an example.
 
Garbag3man117 said:
Hi. Even though Apple says the early 2011 MBP's only support 8GB of RAM, I've read they actually support 16GB. As there is only 2 RAM card slots, I looked around, and found the cheapest cards. They are from Newegg.com located here. Can anyone tell me if they will fit in the MBP? It looks like they will, here are the specs:

2 x 8GB
240-PIN
DDR3 SDRAM
"ECC Registered DDR3" (Can anyone tell me what that is?)
PC3 10600
"Server Memory Model KVR1333D3D4R9SK2/16G" ("Can anyone tell me what this is too?")

Just if you need to know, this will be in either the 15 or 17 inch MBP with 2.3GHz i7. Will those cards work in the system? Thanks.
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What's a "ram card"? And no, you can't go sticking registered ECC ram in a machine that uses unregistered non-ECC ram, and at the wrong capacity to boot.

EDIT: HA, didn't even catch that they were full DIMMs, and no SO-DIMMs. Sheesh, I read this forum way too fast!
 
Nope, those are desktop cards. 16gb of RAM is going to be really expensive, why do you need it in the first place? 8GB of RAM is plenty even for pretty intensive work, 16gb is really overkill unless you are doing some pretty heavy work.
 
Ok guys, thanks for your replies. I've decided that 16GB is too much. I'm going to go with some 3rd party 8GB RAM cards. I wish Newegg would state the dimensions. If I decide that I need 8GB, and I probably won't, Ill wait until the prices go down.

I'm going to get this set of cards. Are they compatible? I believe so. Thanks!
 
Garbag3man117 said:
Ok guys, thanks for your replies. I've decided that 16GB is too much. I'm going to go with some 3rd party 8GB RAM cards. I wish Newegg would state the dimensions. If I decide that I need 8GB, and I probably won't, Ill wait until the prices go down.

I'm going to get this set of cards. Are they compatible? I believe so. Thanks!
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Yeap, should be fine.

BTW the Intel Xenon in your sig might be worth upgrading to an Argon at some point. Its significantly lighter. :)
 
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