• Crucial 8gb Ddr3 1600 Rdimm

Crucial 16GB DDR3 Modules. Showing 40 of 446 results that match your query. Search Product Result. 'Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 SODIMM - CT2K102464BF186D' Add To Cart. (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 SODIMM Memory Kit for Mac. There is a problem adding to cart. Please try again. This item: Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3/DDR3L 1066 MT/s (PC3-8500) SODIMM 204-Pin Memory For Mac $83.31 Only 5 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by J-Electronics. This item: Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3/DDR3L 1066 MT/s (PC3-8500) SODIMM 204-Pin Memory For Mac $83.31 Only 5 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by J-Electronics.

Crucial 8gb Ddr3 1600 Rdimm

There's no benefit in going with faster RAM because the speed is limited by what your motherboard supports (the has a 1066 Mhz frontside bus.) In theory the faster RAM should be able to work at the lower speeds and should be safe to install, however macs do tend to be fussy when it comes to RAM so I would recommend sticking to the RAM recommended in the system specs. Edit: More often than not your mac will accept higher speed RAM. However it can cause problems; from the Apple Support Forums. You can find similar stories all over Apple forums.

This is why I advocate sticking as closely to the specs as possible. As to the advantage of possibly installing the RAM in a future computer, in 2 years you'll probably be able to get twice the RAM for the price (and be wanting to install twice the amount too.) Lastly, if you compare the 2 chips you linked you'll notice that the 1333 memory has a of 9, while the 1066 has a lower (better) latency of 7. So you're trading an imaginary upside for a real downside. The Memory you have noted PC3-10600 is backwards compatible with PC3-8500 as noted here.

Memory is designed to be backward-compatible, so generally speaking, you can safely add faster memory to a computer that was designed to run slower memory. However, your system will operate at the speed of the slowest memory module. The only benefit is that for newer computers that you may purchase that can accept PC3-10600, you will already have the faster memory to put in it and you will not have to re buy your memory upgrade. This might be a really good option for you if you frequently buy new computers, eg.

Every year or two. This could pay off best when buying the largest capacity sticks that you can put into your machine and then carry your memory upgrade with you as you upgrade to newer computer/s.

However with buying the largest modules that you can buy /afford you will be paying a premium price, so it is kind of a gamble that may or may not pay off depending on the prices of memory in the future. Just factor in how much your memory upgrade will cost, and if going to PC3-10600 will be cost effective for your needs or not. I own an early 2009 24' iMac as well as two Mac minis and since memory is fairly cheap I was going to up one of the minis (model 5,2) to max ram and bought 8GB (two sticks) from Crucial.

While the ram was in transit I read on another site that unofficially the 5,2 models could handle and identify 16GB ram. So when the ram arrived I installed it into the 2009 iMac even though it was 1333mhz instead of 1066mhz raising it up from 4GB to 8GB the iMac booted and identified the ram correctly and has since been running fine. It has also been upgraded to OSX 10.8.2 from 10.6.8 all without any issues. Since then I have also installed 16GB into the mini even though Apple lists it as maxin out at 8GB and it likewise has run without any hiccups as well.

For the record I got my upgrade information which even though they are vendors seem to be a good source of information on how to upgrade Macs more economically that the Apple store.