A little pricy. I've seem a lot worse but. Well, for example I just purchased 32GB (8x4GB) of ram for just a little more than they are charging for 16GB (4x4GB) - for the same machine as you have. Some Apple folk don't want to have to find out what kind of RAM their systems take and then suss out the cheapest prices (like Windows users do). They would rather pay 1.5 to 3 times the price to a vender who does not disclose the kind of RAM it is... only that it is "Apple approved" with an accompanying general spec just like that add:
8GB [2 X 4GB] FULLY BUFFERED FBDIMM PC2-5300 DDR2 ECC SPECIAL APPLE KIT Memory
240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM Fully Buffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) 4-core and 8-core systems For Apple Mac Pro System"
Where's the manufacturer's part number? Who makes it? Some apple users pay to not have to know those things. And that's OK but for those on a budget it's not the most optimal solution.
Here's the 32GB of RAM I bought:
And I paid $50 to $75 too much because he had a misleading image which makes it look like apple fins are attached to the modules. You should be able to find similar sets (32GB, no fins) for $280 (shipped). 16GB for $150 to $160 is pretty common. And notice with these all information is presented for my approval:
- Kingston 32GB 8x 4GB PC2-5300F DDR2 667 ECC FB-DIMM Memory KTH-XW667/8G DL580 G5
I appreciate the link and the info. I have Kingston Ram in all my PCs. That much I know.
actually when it comes to PC's because we have a bunch of them in the office I learned which MB, CPU, GPU's are good. When it comes to mac... I dont think I ever opened one up... except many years ago when they had Apple Quadra. Wow thats like more then 20 years ago! LOL My first mac was the little Macintosh PLUS I think it was called. tonight when I looked into mine... its definitely set up differently then a PC and I was surprised to see the RAM on the cards like that. This is definitely a learning experience. I appreciate you and others trying to help and guide me in the right direction.