Aluminum Macbook memory upgrade. Which?

Av8 · 26 Jan 2009 at 23:25

Hello all

Got myself the latest Macbook, what brand of memory would be best compatible or work better?
The crucial brand or go for the ocz brand as in this link which i think would be best. OCZ
I bought crucial brand ram for my iMac in the 4Gb but i had lots of the "spinning beachball" icons on a regular basis, would this ocz stuff eliminate that being a superior ram?

Thanks guys in advance.

b0rn2sk8 · 27 Jan 2009 at 00:09

Wont the ram just run at applies pre determined rates, which i dont think you can change. Also tight timings dont matter so much in intel systems. Even in AMD ones your talking tiny differances. Just get the cheapest.

Although I'd sugest making a seperate thread about your iMac as that dont sound normal.

Av8 · 27 Jan 2009 at 08:41

b0rn2sk8 said:
Wont the ram just run at applies pre determined rates, which i dont think you can change. Also tight timings dont matter so much in intel systems. Even in AMD ones your talking tiny differances. Just get the cheapest.

Although I'd sugest making a seperate thread about your iMac as that dont sound normal.

I think the ram will run at just a standard rate though i'm sure the ram is same spec speed wise, though my logic would say a better brand in ocz would be better and less susceptible to the beachball icons.
BTW i've sold my mac. Thing is that was the crucial brand being used, hence my thinking on spending the extra on ocz.

b0rn2sk8 · 27 Jan 2009 at 17:58

The chips are made in the same place. They will effectivly be the same. In PC RAM what you are paying for is, brand, heat spreaders, warrenty and speed garantee. I really would just get the cheapest.

EDIT:
Plus its £115 vs £67. I know which i'd get, thats a no brainer for me.

Spyhop · 27 Jan 2009 at 19:17

Av8 said:
though my logic would say a better brand in ocz would be better and less susceptible to the beachball icons.

That's nonsense - not logic

JUMPURS · 27 Jan 2009 at 19:24

With your iMac, the hard drive isn't running out of space is it?

I've noticed that when i have got less that 50gig free i get more beachballs than normal.

Av8 · 27 Jan 2009 at 20:58

JUMPURS said:
With your iMac, the hard drive isn't running out of space is it?

I've noticed that when i have got less that 50gig free i get more beachballs than normal.

Yeah i can imagine with the lack of the space on the hard drive, i have sold the iMac and now have a new macbook as mentioned it's the aluminum version.
Like one of the quotes above i think i may just go for the cheaper crucial brand of ram then

Tunez · 28 Jan 2009 at 22:21

Sorry to hijack the thread here, but i also am thinking about upgrading ram. I find running VMware takes up most of my 2gb of ram. I was thinking of upgrading now or in the summer. If i upgrade in June is there much chance the prices of the ddr3 ram will have dramatically decreased?

Also just out of curiosity what is the max amount of ram a new alu macbook can handle?

Many thanks

JeremyW · 29 Jan 2009 at 13:58

Tunez said:
Sorry to hijack the thread here, but i also am thinking about upgrading ram. I find running VMware takes up most of my 2gb of ram. I was thinking of upgrading now or in the summer. If i upgrade in June is there much chance the prices of the ddr3 ram will have dramatically decreased?

Also just out of curiosity what is the max amount of ram a new alu macbook can handle?

Many thanks

According to Apple it is 4GB, but according to NVidia (maker of the chipset) it is 8GB see (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Confirmed-Aluminum-MacBook-Does-6GB-RAM-96884.shtml).

HTH

Jeremy