It does in fact work on the 2011 Mac Mini. All 2011 Macs support 8GB 204-pin 1333MHz 1.3v-1.5v memory. The Clarksdale iMac and Macbook Pros support it as well.
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Mac mini and 16gb ram?
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I ordered 16GB from OWC last week. It came in on Friday and I installed it yesterday on my Mac Mini Server (the newest model). All 16GB show up and work great. I ran a complete "Rember" test on it right after I installed it, it took a little over an hour to run but all tests came up OK.
So far the OWC (8GB x2 sticks) is running perfect. I will give it awhile to burn in before I am confident, but then OWC does have a full warranty.
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Maybe try pulling it out and re-seating it again...?
So far the OWC (8GB x2 sticks) is running perfect. I will give it awhile to burn in before I am confident, but then OWC does have a full warranty.
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Maybe try pulling it out and re-seating it again...?
While I haven't looked at every Sandy Bridge processor, ALL of Apple's 2011 processors can support 8GB Sticks of DD3 RAM. Previous generations did not.
Yes it would. If you didn't seat it right, then your computer wouldn't even recognize anything is in the slot. Happens all the time especially with Sodimms.
It actually took me a lot of tries to seat the RAM correctly in the Mac mini. It was actually easier disassembling and disconnecting the HDD to replace it with the SSD than it was trying to seat the second RAM module.
Seat each stick separately. Insert at 30 degrees and align the pins. Firmly press the memory into the slot, then press down to lock. Pressing the memory down does not automatically seat the memory.
If your machine is only showing 8 GB, then either one stick is not seated properly or it's defective. The mini will allow 16 GB
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The upgrade from 8 to 16 GB is going to be superfluous and get you only minimal upgrades to speed. Here's a you tube video on exactly that upgrade on a 2011 iMac(not a mini), but I'm sure the results would be relatively the same.
8 to 16 GB upgrade
I would be interested to know what 'system report' says... one bank of 8gig.. or two banks of 4?
I had no idea Fry's had 16GB of RAM for $109. I would've done that instead of the $49 8GB I just purchased from OWC. Crap. lol.
Will this work in the mid range Mac Mini with the 2.7 Dual Core i7 ??
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233251
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233251
Yeah I managed to get it after a few tries and everything is running great. It was my first time though ever installing memory in any computer let alone a Mac let alone a Mac mini.
8GB => 16GB RAM upgrade for 2011 MacMini
Thank you for that bit of information. Upgrading 8GB of RAM to 16GB RAM on my 2011 MacMini is exactly what I want to do and also with exactly that Corsair branded, 8GB memory modules. I have found these memory modules to be available now for ¥11,800 JPY (Tokyo) which is about $147 for a pair of modules. Not sure I really need to do this, but for one, I want to have more memory available to a VM of Windows 7 running on the MacMini all the while having sufficient RAM for the host environment as well. Will having more RAM be beneficial to doing video editting post production work?
Thank you for that bit of information. Upgrading 8GB of RAM to 16GB RAM on my 2011 MacMini is exactly what I want to do and also with exactly that Corsair branded, 8GB memory modules. I have found these memory modules to be available now for ¥11,800 JPY (Tokyo) which is about $147 for a pair of modules. Not sure I really need to do this, but for one, I want to have more memory available to a VM of Windows 7 running on the MacMini all the while having sufficient RAM for the host environment as well. Will having more RAM be beneficial to doing video editting post production work?
If you're not paging out with 8 GB of RAM, then you won't see much of a performance increase. If you're though, then you will. It depends on what you do with the computer so your blanket statement is incorrect. I don't want to sound rude, but I don't think you understand what memory is for and how computers work at a basic level.
The video is pointless and does not prove anything. Geekbench is a CPU and memory speed benchmark. Adding more memory is not going to increase the geekbench score. Adding faster memory will increase the geekbench score slightly.
Mac Mini Server with 4 GB 1333 MHz memory - 9521
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/530175
Mac Mini Server after I upgraded to 8 GB 1600 MHz memory - 9783
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/530246
The only scores that change significantly between the two benchmarks:
Memory Memory performance 5014
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 5948
Memory Memory performance 5511
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 6925
The increase in score would have been the same if I had installed 4 GB of 1600 MHz memory.
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not that I know of
well if he has a base mac mini or the server mac mini and the 1600 works correctly it will improve his video a little bit. if he has the discrete gpu he does not need to do it.
the way it works with most modern chipsets is that the ram will run in dual channel mode for the first 4gb of each ram stick (assuming a 4gb and 8gb sticks). When you get over 8gb total ram space it will only be able to address that extra 4gb in single channel mode. So half as fast.
As far a matched or unmatched chips. I have always found Macs to be picky about ram. More so on the Mac Pros of course (really, for crying out loud!). But the laptop chipset based ones are only slightly better.
As far a matched or unmatched chips. I have always found Macs to be picky about ram. More so on the Mac Pros of course (really, for crying out loud!). But the laptop chipset based ones are only slightly better.
Yes, but the Corsair 1600MHz ram is proven by many posters (including me). Why risk an untested brand when there is one which is readily available that you know will work?
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Sorry, but I that's utter nonsense.