Ram Question, Please Help

[nickyj182]

Hello,

I have a 20 inch intel based iMac. Its the 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 duo model. Under the Memory in the About this Mac panel it says I have 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I am curious what the maximum amount of ram I can put into this Mac. Is the 1GB card it came with one card, or 2 512's? I wanna get her up to max ram asap because im upgrading to OSX 10.5. Any suggestions on where to buy ram would be appreciated too! Thanks a lot in advance!

 

[mickbab]

Hello,Is the 1GB card it came with one card, or 2 512's?

To find out, go to "about this mac" then "more info", select "memory" from the side panel, and details are up the top.

as to max ram, im not so sure.

 

[nickyj182]

thanks for the quick reply, it has 2 x 512 chips in it. Anyone know where I can find out the maximum capacity?

 

[r.j.s]

3GB DDR2 667 is the max for the 2.16GHz iMac.

 

[Cave Man]

Or 3.2 gb if you want to install 2x2 gb SO-DIMMs and retain dual-channel performance. Probably not worth it, though.

 

[nickyj182]

do you guys think this will speed up my mac?

 

[Cave Man]

Undoubtably. The question is, though, what apps do you routinely use?

 

[bflowers]

I have always used a specific vendor, and have been extremely happy with them. I just checked and you can get each 2 gig dimm for $29 to get you up to the full 3 gig capacity and take advantage of the higher data rate. I realize you are effectively wasting a gig, but given the price difference, I would say it is worth it.

http://www.datamemorysystems.com/_apple_info/Apple_Intel_Core_2_Duo_iMac_20_2.16GHz_Memory_1372.asp