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thebunny · Nov 21, 2006, 12:50 AM

Did anyone ever buy from these guys? That seems dirt cheap for 2x1 GB.

TimmyDee51 · Nov 21, 2006, 12:59 AM

Heard of them. Haven't bought from them. Looks like their pushing heat spreaders instead of heatsinks. While $369 is good, MaxUpgrades is selling Samsung FB-DIMMs with the big heatsinks for $399 last I checked. Not a big difference, if you ask me.

Markintosh_X · Nov 21, 2006, 09:57 AM

Found one on Ebay - 299 for 2GB. Comes with big heatsinks. Worked nice cople days - after this 2-3 times in day - Kernel Panic. Sent it back , going to try OWC.

tkmd · Nov 25, 2006, 10:13 PM

I bought my memory from here. Although it was only a 1GB (for a total of 2GB). The quality is quite good - large heat sinks that is.

I guess the question is 1GB I was getting page outs like crazy (almost a 4:1 page in : out ratio) but with 2 GB its about 40:1 ratio. Do you really need that much 4 GB of RAM? If so I would pay the extra and save yourself the time of returns/downtime. But from what I understand it a thing about diminishing returns.

thebunny · Nov 26, 2006, 12:20 AM

I got another gig from OWC - $225. Memory Solutions sells for $195 but won't ship to Canada.

Corpsecorps · Dec 28, 2006, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by TimmyDee51

While $369 is good, MaxUpgrades is selling Samsung FB-DIMMs with the big heatsinks for $399 last I checked. Not a big difference, if you ask me.

Have you... has anybody, tried the MaxUpgrades DIMMs with their "MaxSinks"?

Currently $385 which is the best i've seen for 2GB (2 x 1GB) with nice sinks and lifetime warranty.

justmetoo · Dec 28, 2006, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Corpsecorps

Have you... has anybody, tried the MaxUpgrades DIMMs with their "MaxSinks"? Currently $385 which is the best i've seen for 2GB (2 x 1GB) with nice sinks and lifetime warranty.

Hey guys, just ordered a Mac Pro 2 x 1 GB MaxUp kit, and the fellow was nice enough to charge me $379. They are Samsung and will have stock Apple heat spreaders I've been told (why I wonder? MaxUp makes their own??? Who's to ask...)

Then again I was REALLY raging against Crucial in a conversation with him. I think he liked to hear that

Did you see Crucial's "special" before Christmas??? 2 x 1 GB were selling for $402... NOW when I'm ready to buy it has JUMPED $130 to $532 !!! I thought it was a mistake on the website, so I called, and some SNOTTY young salesfemme in a whiney voice was spouting "supply and demand" as an excuse.

Crucial has lost my business, guess they feel they don't need it enough. I'll go with the underdog most everytime rather than the fatcat.

thebunny · Dec 28, 2006, 01:37 PM

MemorySolutions.com is cheaper: $368.89...

justmetoo · Dec 28, 2006, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by thebunny

MemorySolutions.com is cheaper: $368.89...

Just got off the phone with them, MemorySolutions was not able [or willing?] to tell me who made their RAM. It was "generic from any number of up to 5 suppliers".

This is not very inspiring. I'll pay a bit more and get Samsung memory from MaxUp, not the "generic" from MemSol. I think most people will agree, the cheapest isn't the best solution and is especially risky with RAM...

thebunny · Dec 28, 2006, 04:53 PM

I think people here bought from them without any ill effects (not me though). Apple won't guarantee who made their RAM either, right? That's because both use more than one supplier.

Corpsecorps · Dec 31, 2006, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by thebunny

MemorySolutions.com is cheaper: $368.89...

I'd like the big sinks rather than spreaders. Something i dug up there seemed to indicate spreaders instead of the sinks in the image they use for all the kits.

thebunny · Jan 1, 2007, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Corpsecorps

I'd like the big sinks rather than spreaders. Something i dug up there seemed to indicate spreaders instead of the sinks in the image they use for all the kits.

What did you dig up? There's a four or five page thread here about the memory for the Mac Pro and reports in there of people buying from Memory Solutions (again, not me). IIRC, they come with really nice heat sinks (more fins than Apple's and Crucial's). But by all means, buy wherever you want...

Corpsecorps · Jan 2, 2007, 04:44 PM

Can't find it now, whatever it was. After more checking around i'm going with Memory Solutions.

02gtstang · Jan 7, 2007, 08:23 PM

don't forget datamem. Their ram is great! [url=http://www.datamem.com]

Corpsecorps · Jan 8, 2007, 06:34 AM

Got my Mac/Memory Solutions 2 x 1 GB kit.

Got 3 quick Kernal Panics because somehow, in my reading i didn't catch that it's mandatory you put them in the first board and move the original 2 x 512 DIMMs to the second board.

Now all is great. Halo jumped up 20 fps faster.

mduell · Jan 8, 2007, 07:29 PM

Switching which boards the memory modules are on should not cause or cure kernel panics.

Corpsecorps · Jan 9, 2007, 12:33 AM

Shouldn't but did.

3 Kernal Panics in... probably less than 1/2 hour after installing the new RAM though there was nothing noted in profiler.

Even though i remembered stuff on various sites about advantages and disadvantages of position with different sizes and numbers of modules, i never read anything to indicate it shouldn't function with the 512's in A and the 1 gigs in B, but i thought i'd try switching anyway.

No Kernal Panics since, in either of the apps they occurred in before, or any other.

Maybe it was something to do with how the DIMMs were seated in their sockets, but i doubt it. I was very careful doing the installation.

Cadaver · Jan 9, 2007, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Corpsecorps

Shouldn't but did.

3 Kernal Panics in... probably less than 1/2 hour after installing the new RAM though there was nothing noted in profiler.

Even though i remembered stuff on various sites about advantages and disadvantages of position with different sizes and numbers of modules, i never read anything to indicate it shouldn't function with the 512's in A and the 1 gigs in B, but i thought i'd try switching anyway.

No Kernal Panics since, in either of the apps they occurred in before, or any other.

Maybe it was something to do with how the DIMMs were seated in their sockets, but i doubt it. I was very careful doing the installation.

Heat can potentially cause a module to work its way out. Even just a bit can make the connections just flakey enough to cause errors.

I'm using a Mac Pro fan utility to boost the system fans from 900 RPM to 1100 RPM. Little noticeable noise increase but drops the temps by a good 5°C.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=1#post3157870

TheSpaz · Jan 11, 2007, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Corpsecorps

Got my Mac/Memory Solutions 2 x 1 GB kit.

Got 3 quick Kernal Panics because somehow, in my reading i didn't catch that it's mandatory you put them in the first board and move the original 2 x 512 DIMMs to the second board.

Now all is great. Halo jumped up 20 fps faster.

How the heck does game speed get faster after a RAM upgrade? Isn't the graphics run primarily from the video card using the card's VRAM? I think you're imagining things.

mduell · Jan 11, 2007, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by TheSpaz

How the heck does game speed get faster after a RAM upgrade? Isn't the graphics run primarily from the video card using the card's VRAM? I think you're imagining things.

For a gain like that, I'd assume his system was previously off in swapping la-la-land.

uruiamme · Jan 11, 2007, 11:30 PM

In case anyone still looking for cheap memory, I did a good amount of searching for RAM and decided one place had good prices on one memory combination. It happens to be the size I was willing to pay for -- the 2 x 1GB module kit. It's $349.99 from these guys: MCE Technologies and they give you free shipping. Not seen a better deal, when someone usually has this price, either they say nothing about Macintoshes and Mac Pros, or they say be sure and buy some heat spreaders, etc. These guys seem to deal in Apple stuff, so I tried them. So far the memory works, but only on the Mac OS side. It has nothing to do with where the memory was bought, but Windows only uses 2GB out of 3 GB. By the way, I installed mine in the top bay and moved the 2 x 512MB modules to the bottom board. I was actually going to try the other way around to see what happens, but haven't yet.

What brand are they using here? Don't know. They look similar enough to the Mac memory, that the spreaders are okay. I guess I could pull them out and look at the brand. Hmm. I wonder if I should power down first before doing th