[Lazyweb] Help me buy RAM.
Dec. 2nd, 2005 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
progAre 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?
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?
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Date: 2005-12-02 08:03 pm (UTC)And I agree about the no-brand RAM. I have never found it to be worth the savings -- you will get bitten with a problem, maybe not now, maybe not on this purchase, and the 10 or 20 savings won't be worth it for the troubles and downtime.