I need up up grading my RAM on my 20" imac. It only has 512mb ( ithink) and it's way to slow for doing photography editing. I wanna make it faster so please help me out. What do I need to do? where can I get it? THANK YOU
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Help on up grading RAM
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Welcome to the forum APAmpedPhoto said:
Your first lesson is: Be as specific in your question, especially about the model of your machine. There are four different 20" iMacs, and the all take different RAM
20" iMac G4 takes one PC2700 SODIMM (user installable) and one PC2700 DIMM (technician only install)
20" iMac G5 Rev A and B take two PC3200 DIMMs
20" iMac G5 iSight model takes a single DDR2-533 DIMM
20" iMac intel Core Duo, takes two DDR2-667 SODIMMs
Second is, tell us your location.
If you are in the USA for example, I recommend Data Memory Systems for Mac RAM.
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Trevor
CanadaRAM.com
You can also get RAM here:
www.memorytogo.com
Its quite a bit cheaper than the link above depending on what type of RAM you need...
Like CanadaRAM said...you need to specify what iMac you have exactly as they all take different types of RAM. If you have an Intel iMac, I would recommend that you definitely get at least a 1 GB DDR2 SODIMM. Rosetta uses a ton of RAM when in use.
www.memorytogo.com
Its quite a bit cheaper than the link above depending on what type of RAM you need...
Like CanadaRAM said...you need to specify what iMac you have exactly as they all take different types of RAM. If you have an Intel iMac, I would recommend that you definitely get at least a 1 GB DDR2 SODIMM. Rosetta uses a ton of RAM when in use.
mklos said:
Thanks guys, I have the new intel mac with the wireless package. Thats all In know...Thanks guys
Buying RAM for a mac can be extremely daunting. I'm glad I found your post, as I just bought ram for my imac 17" core duo. I was very leary about buying it from newegg.com, but it works perfectly with my 17" imac core duo. No problems at all. One of the reviewers of this particular RAM I bought stated it worked perfectly with his 20" imac core duo. Here's the link
Whenever I buy ram for my macs I go to crucial.com and run their wizard for choosing the right ram. Their ram is very expensive, though, so I take the results from their wizard and plug the same stats into newegg.com to get cheaper RAM with the same required specs. The Corsair SODIMM I bought was only 53 bucks, rather than the 70 something newegg was charging.
Here's a tip for installing it. The imac manual will tell you to just pop the extra ram into the bottom slot and push it until it clicks. I found that I could not push it in all the way without pulling the two gray tabs in opposite directions to remove the original apple ram, then popping both chips in the slots and pushing the gray tabs towards each other. When you do that, both chips will click in properly.
Just take into account that you're taking a chance with all 3rd party ram when it comes to macs. It's only fairly safe to say that apple ram is guarenteed to work, but who wants to pay that much?
Whenever I buy ram for my macs I go to crucial.com and run their wizard for choosing the right ram. Their ram is very expensive, though, so I take the results from their wizard and plug the same stats into newegg.com to get cheaper RAM with the same required specs. The Corsair SODIMM I bought was only 53 bucks, rather than the 70 something newegg was charging.
Here's a tip for installing it. The imac manual will tell you to just pop the extra ram into the bottom slot and push it until it clicks. I found that I could not push it in all the way without pulling the two gray tabs in opposite directions to remove the original apple ram, then popping both chips in the slots and pushing the gray tabs towards each other. When you do that, both chips will click in properly.
Just take into account that you're taking a chance with all 3rd party ram when it comes to macs. It's only fairly safe to say that apple ram is guarenteed to work, but who wants to pay that much?
Ram in Australia
For what it's worth I can very highly recommend these people for absolutely top quality guaranteed Mac Ram in Australia. $200 for a gig stick of 3200 DDR SDRAM for an emac, including delivery. That was about a year ago.
www.macrabbit.net
For what it's worth I can very highly recommend these people for absolutely top quality guaranteed Mac Ram in Australia. $200 for a gig stick of 3200 DDR SDRAM for an emac, including delivery. That was about a year ago.
www.macrabbit.net
DMS has lifetime warranty and is guaranteed to work in Macs. My main point is that the M2G prices are hardly "quite a bit" cheaper.mklos said:
I couldn't find shipping costs on the M2G site without entering personal information into the checkout -- here's what you get:
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I don't like it when companies demand all this information from you before they tell you what their shipping cost is.
Why would you want to spend more?
I don't understand why you want to spend in excess of $50 more (2 x 1GB) by going through those sites. Newegg has 1GB sticks from reputable memory manufacturers for much less than those sites are charging. It is not "verified" to work with a mac, but it will, it's the same thing. The memory also comes with lifetime warranties. Why would you spend more?
I don't understand why you want to spend in excess of $50 more (2 x 1GB) by going through those sites. Newegg has 1GB sticks from reputable memory manufacturers for much less than those sites are charging. It is not "verified" to work with a mac, but it will, it's the same thing. The memory also comes with lifetime warranties. Why would you spend more?
