Chronological unboxing of some new toys.

[nick2u]

Do an unboxing thread! Haha.

hi dude...

fellow singaporean here!

nice to know there are so many singaporeans here haha

mind telling me which rams you used? kinda confused as i don't want to buy something that's not compatible. heard apple machines are pretty fussy about rams...

also are matched pairs recommended or necessary? what performance/compatibility advantages do they bring?

 

[cjc81]

hi dude...

fellow singaporean here!

nice to know there are so many singaporeans here haha

mind telling me which rams you used? kinda confused as i don't want to buy something that's not compatible. heard apple machines are pretty fussy about rams...

also are matched pairs recommended or necessary? what performance/compatibility advantages do they bring?

Hi!

Yes, i am pleasantly surprised too.

I got the rams at a great price, matched pairs. From what i heard, its a good idea to bring the rams along so you can test them b4 buying. I took the risk, and to my surprise, Apple's stock rams are of the exact same chips as the ones i bought.

 

[nick2u]

Hi!

Yes, i am pleasantly surprised too.

I got the rams at a great price, matched pairs. From what i heard, its a good idea to bring the rams along so you can test them b4 buying. I took the risk, and to my surprise, Apple's stock rams are of the exact same chips as the ones i bought.

wow mind telling me where you got them?

 

[cjc81]

wow mind telling me where you got them?

Drop me a private message.

 

[cjc81]

Just a snapshot of the rams.

 

[Eidorian]

Just a snapshot of the rams.

I hope that DDR2-800 didn't cost more the DDR2-667. Otherwise it was a deal!

 

[vm7118]

the memory in your MBP was the same as the ddr800 chips you posted just now?

i have the same exact one as you, purchased in october, and it came with ddr 667 ram (pc5300) which i believe is still the spec...

 

[cjc81]

I hope that DDR2-800 didn't cost more the DDR2-667. Otherwise it was a deal!

Nope it didn't. In fact, its a lot cheaper than most of the other brand's DDR2-667 chips.

 

[cjc81]

the memory in your MBP was the same as the ddr800 chips you posted just now?

i have the same exact one as you, purchased in october, and it came with ddr 667 ram (pc5300) which i believe is still the spec...

Yup, same manufacturer, same chips too.

Its not unusual to have same chips being officially able to run at various speeds.

 

[vm7118]

good to know apple is using high quality RAM that, in some cases at least, is able to exceed spec