[Lazyweb] Help me buy RAM.

[prog]

Are any of y'all smart & confident about Mac G5 RAM upgrade paths?

I need an additional gig of RAM, but I don't wanna pay the $20+ premium for brand-name memory; that's for suckers. Unfortunately it's been many years since I've bought Mac memory and I no longer know what's what.

According to System Profiler, I have four DDR SDRAM DIMMs installed, two speed-rated 2700 and two 3200. I note they are not DDR-2, even though I see that newly sold G5s seem to ship with that more efficient type of memory.

When I look at DDR DIMMs on pricewatch.com, I see some nicely priced ones but they're stuck all over with warnings that one's motherboard needs certain chipsets for them to work. I've no freaking clue what's on my motherboard, coz I have a Mac. I have a sneaking suspicion that they'd work anyway, but I can't be sure. So confusing.

Any advice?

Comments

try deal-ram

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

Why not check out dealram.com instead? They list their memory by what's compatible with your system, and have a separate section below for the ones that probably work but no guarantees: http://dealram.com/prices/systems/30633/512MBx2.html

[temvald.livejournal.com]

gotta disagree with you on the not buying brand-name ram. i mean, i agree that it's not worthwhile to pay the extra money for apple ram (or any other computer-manufacturer branded ram), but, given how difficult it is to troubleshoot bad ram, it's just not worth it to go with a real no-name.

besides, a lot of good manufactures have pretty cheap ram. for instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

$72.50 is pretty darned cheap for a gig of ram, and corsair is a good brand. and there's at least one comment in the reviews that says that it works on a g5 mac.

this is, of course, assuming that you have two free slots open...

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I'm confused, are the DIMMs for Dance Dance Revolution, or do they come from the Deutsche Democratische Republik?