More memory in Mac mini?

atmax1 · 12 Feb 2011 at 15:11

I have the mid 2010 mac mini (2.4ghz one with 2gb ram) and I was wondering if i put a 8gb stick in will I notice the difference? I use Photoshop and lightroom mainly.. so was wondering if they would get a boost?

also could i use the 2gb in there and put in a 4gb crucial ram giving me 6gb? or cant you mix the ram?

also is it possible to change hard drive in this mac mini?

8t10 · 12 Feb 2011 at 17:42

It has a maximum upgrade of 8gb so 2x4gb. Edit: It has two slots. I have no experience without matching sticks so I can't comment on that. And the hard drive can be upgraded, standard 2.5".

Somnambulist · 12 Feb 2011 at 21:56

You can mix IIRC, although given the prices you might as well max the thing out. I bought 2x4GB from Crucial, positive improvement although nothing mindblowing.

atmax1 · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:39

yeh i am going to just get the 8gb, I viewed the monitor built into the mac and said I'm maxing out my ram 99% of the time lol.. thanks for your post guys... how long roughly did it take you to get the ram from crucial?

Sagalout · 15 Feb 2011 at 13:41

I put 8GB in mine and it made a massive difference over the stock 2Gb, especially if you need to use VMWare or Parallels etc.

atmax1 · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:01

I noticed I posted this in wrong place lool my bad!

Thanks Sagalout that's eased my mind a bit, my 8gb is on its way! I do web design and photo editing so I just use Photoshop / Lightroom hoping the 8gb will give me a nice boost..(been told it will) but what has amazed me is I put my i7 gaming system in the corner of my room and haven't missed it at all! or windows 7

Somnambulist · 15 Feb 2011 at 22:22

Mine came really quick. Getting 8GB is good because you're not doing the whole 'has 4GB, wonders how 6GB would be.... has 6GB... maybe I should get 8GB!', you're max it out and you're done with it. It's like £60-80 depending on how the price fluctuates, just max it out.

atmax1 · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:41

Came so quick! was here when i woke up.. so basically took a day.. I gotta say BUY 8GB lol I can now work on this without it lagging on me!!! next up is an ssd me thinks!

hyper_piper45 · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:56

atmax1 said:
Came so quick! was here when i woke up.. so basically took a day.. I gotta say BUY 8GB lol I can now work on this without it lagging on me!!! next up is an ssd me thinks!

Once you put an SSD in there the machine will fly!

atmax1 · 17 Feb 2011 at 11:35

hyper_piper45 said:
Once you put an SSD in there the machine will fly!

Arrh i know I cant wait!!! do you know if this will work? I have a usb 2TB drive pluged in, I have formatted it into 3 666gb partitions (installs, downloads and Backup) I have time machine backing up but can i install software on the installs one? and it will show in applications? If so ssd here I come!! xD