Help with Mac mini ram upgrade

[Turbobrad]

Hi. I just bought a new mini form apple. Comes with 2 ram but can upgrade to 4 or 8. Looked on amazon and there are SO many choices at varying prices. Any recommendations? Also it looks pretty simple to install myself?!?! Thanks a lot! Brad

 

[ajohansson]

OWC has a great price on 8GB and link below is the video on the install. They rate the 2009 version as a hard install. Doesn't look too bad to me. In a few weeks I will be doing this on my late 2009 mini. If you got a 2011 its SOOOOO much easier than the 2009 version. I put the links below for your 2011.

OWC RAM
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_Mac_mini/DDR3_1333

Video for install
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/mac_mini2011_mem_h/

 

[David085]

I just order 8GB Crucial Memory for myself I found the deal on slickdeals

Crucial RAM Slickdeals - Buy.com

 

[philipma1957]

i am partial to this


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231295


i mod minis and sell them on ebay I have purchased around 50 pairs of this ram. it works well

 

[MadDragon1846]

This is the RAM I'm using >LINK<. Works great and is only £29.

Heres a >LINK< to the same RAM, if your in the US $36.95

 

[frank4]

I put in a 8GB Mushkin ram kit a week ago, recognized on first boot, no problems at all so far. This kit's specifications said it was Apple compatible, several other iMac & Mini owners reported it was good, and it cost about $40 similar to other brands. I know other chips are Apple compatible but this reduced the possibility of hassles requiring me to return the chips.

The outer stick required a little more care to get inserted properly.

I notice the ram temperature is a little higher at 40C than the original 2GB at 30C or so, interesting difference but not a problem.

I'm not doing anything heavy with this base Mini so there is usually not a noticeable difference in the speed of 8GB over 2GB, but the occasional paging delays are gone and now I don't need to worry about programs using too much memory. One thing I notice is scrolling up/down long web pages in Safari is smoother with 8GB, probably because more Ram reserved for video memory, 512MB vs 288MB.

 

[robertk328]

OWC has a great price on 8GB and link below is the video on the install. They rate the 2009 version as a hard install. Doesn't look too bad to me. In a few weeks I will be doing this on my late 2009 mini. If you got a 2011 its SOOOOO much easier than the 2009 version.

Try it on the one I bought in 07-08.... need a plastic putty knife and nerves of steel.