[Loyalty4Life]

Well, as we all know, the RAM prices for the MP are through the roof. Apple's prices on it's website are ridiculously high, and even the website where I bought some RAM for my old 20" iMac at a good price has MP RAM at a very high price:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory

One thing I'm not familiar with is: How long does it take RAM like this to reduce in price, and what sort of price reductions do you guess will take place over the next 8-10 months?

Just wondering. Thanks.

[mac128k-1984]

I'm thinking that it will take a number of months to see the prices go down, maybe even longer. The Mac Pro is using new technology and such that can be expensive

[ender78]

The price bump for the MBP lasted a few weeks at most, the prices today are due to vendors getting their feelers out there an pricing out what the market will bear,

[OreoCookie]

The reason why MP's RAM is more expensive:
(i) it's new RAM technology
(ii) it's ECC RAM (error-correcting RAM)

Since ECC RAM is sold in lower volumes, the prices are naturally higher (although you pay for only one additional RAM chip).

[Skypat]

I've read somewhere that Apple do recommend not to install RAM from 3rd party vendors because it could potentially raise the temperature inside the mac ... Have you read that too and do you agree ?

[chefpastry]

The reason why Apple cautions against using thrid party RAM is because their RAM comes with large heatsinks. Someone reported to www.xlr8yourmac.com that he used Crucial memory which only has standard heat spreaders in his Mac Pro. He even stuck on some VRAM heatsinks to the built-in heat spreaders and Apple System Profiler reported 2 ECC Correctable Errors when the modules were put on the bottom riser board. He later tried the same modules on the upper riser board and they worked fine, but I would still be a little worried...

[PB2K]

Those prices make me crying, I did not know I am so poor

[mduell]

Originally Posted by chefpastry

The reason why Apple cautions against using thrid party RAM is because their RAM comes with large heatsinks. Someone reported to www.xlr8yourmac.com that he used Crucial memory which only has standard heat spreaders in his Mac Pro. He even stuck on some VRAM heatsinks to the built-in heat spreaders and Apple System Profiler reported 2 ECC Correctable Errors when the modules were put on the bottom riser board. He later tried the same modules on the upper riser board and they worked fine, but I would still be a little worried...

Crucial recalled all memory shipped out for Mac Pro systems a few days ago... after testing they found it didn't meet their requirements for stability and reliability.

They have some Intel validated FB-DIMMs, so I wonder if it's just that the Mac Pro's cooling system isn't sufficient withut the giant heatsinks.

[SirCastor]

Matched pairs.... wow. I feel like we're back in 1988...

[mduell]

Originally Posted by SirCastor

Matched pairs.... wow. I feel like we're back in 1988...

I'm not convinced matched pairs are necessary or even better.

[rotuts]

Heat-Sink MacPro RAM: if anyone 'sees' MacPro RAM with the heavier heat sinks on line would one post that infor here?

My Crucial MacPro ram was recalled by them prior to it actually getting to my house. I give that company plenty of credit for doing this and Im betting they will have a solution soon.

I can wait as Ive always had their RAM and its never cause me any problems and their prices in the past have been attractive.

but Id like to hear from others who find really "cool" RAM elsewhere.
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cheers

rt

[chefpastry]

I'm still awaiting delivery of my Mac Pro and the memory modules that I ordered from Other World Computing. Unless someone beats me to it, I'll report back on how OWC's modules perform.

[Leonard]

Originally Posted by SirCastor

Matched pairs.... wow. I feel like we're back in 1988...

In 1988, matched pairs was required for a different reason, memory interleaving. Ie. while the processor was reading from one RAM chip, the other RAM chip was being filled from the HD.

Nowadays the RAM is needed to keep the memory bus bandwith filled.

[Loyalty4Life]

Originally Posted by chefpastry

I'm still awaiting delivery of my Mac Pro and the memory modules that I ordered from Other World Computing. Unless someone beats me to it, I'll report back on how OWC's modules perform.

OWC is where I buy my Mac RAM, as well. I look forward to reading your report...

[nlr154]

Apple Mac Pro Memory Upgrades

here's another place.

[rotuts]

thanks for the upgrade tip and other places to consider.

they seem more $$ than Crucial, but then don't know the final Crucial price as they upgrade the heat sink.

Ill wait a while and see.

cheers

rotuts