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What is your Favorite 3rd Party RAM Dealer?
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I'd have to say Crucial is my favorite, although expensive...it's all that I have in my Macs.
I would say OWC after that (Samsung RAM).
I would say OWC after that (Samsung RAM).
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I have always had good luck with www.macsolutions.com - they are very friendly and helpful on the phone and the website is easy to navigate.
I have always had good luck with www.macsolutions.com - they are very friendly and helpful on the phone and the website is easy to navigate.
I go with www.newegg.com. It has been consistantly cheaper. However, you need to now the specks of the memory you need. i.e. DDR2 533. After you get all the matches you need to read the customer reviews to see what memory has been found to be Mac compatible. Wintec AMPO seems to work great thats what I have used for several macs now.
Currently the Wintec AMPO is around $150 for 2x1GB DDR 400/DDR2 667.
Currently the Wintec AMPO is around $150 for 2x1GB DDR 400/DDR2 667.
I went with Datamem this time only because OWC was out of the Ram for my Intel iMac when I called. I found that they were very nice to deal with and as I forgot to give some info to them, they called me back within 15 mins. to get the info needed to ship out my Ram 
After that service, not just sending an email to me, I would go with them from now on, what can I say
Also CanadaRam has made some posts about the warranty and service from them. If you look closer at those things there is a difference that only a few others can match, so it's a no brainer. It's just who has the best price among the top 3 or 4 as well as is it in stock.
After that service, not just sending an email to me, I would go with them from now on, what can I say
Also CanadaRam has made some posts about the warranty and service from them. If you look closer at those things there is a difference that only a few others can match, so it's a no brainer. It's just who has the best price among the top 3 or 4 as well as is it in stock.
For PCs, it's a no-brainer: NewEgg. Actually I used them for all my computer parts, including power supply unit, DVD burner, fans, memory, graphics cards, hard drives and so on. I have yet to have a problem with them and they are always the first place I check for good stuff at low prices (in retrospect, I was just looking at the list of purchases I made from them in the past year and realized I spent a lot just there).
I'm pretty new to the world of Mac. While you just have to match up the memory speed for a PC, I didn't know if the memory at NewEgg would be Mac compatible. I bought a 1GB stick of memory for my iBook, snapped it in, and had absolutely no problems. And for guaranteed compatibility, it wasn't much more expensive than at NewEgg.
I'm pretty new to the world of Mac. While you just have to match up the memory speed for a PC, I didn't know if the memory at NewEgg would be Mac compatible. I bought a 1GB stick of memory for my iBook, snapped it in, and had absolutely no problems. And for guaranteed compatibility, it wasn't much more expensive than at NewEgg.
Ive been an Apple tech @ Louisiana State University for 2 years and used TheChipMerchant with no problems yet!
They always seem to have the most Competitive pricing & the Best quality.
They always seem to have the most Competitive pricing & the Best quality.
yup gotta go with crucial, yeah arean't the cheapest but the ordering/delivery process was so painless (2 day delivery to Canada!) that I'm willing to pay a little more to avoid headaches
As long as the reseller guarantees Mac compatibility and has a lifetime replacement warrantee, I'll buy any name brand from anywhere that has the best price.
Of those mentioned, I do like OWC quite a bit. They are obviously very Mac-centric and have great pre- and post-sales support.
Right now, I use Patriot RAM from New Egg, but if OWC was cheaper - and at the time they weren't - I would have bought from them.
Of those mentioned, I do like OWC quite a bit. They are obviously very Mac-centric and have great pre- and post-sales support.
Right now, I use Patriot RAM from New Egg, but if OWC was cheaper - and at the time they weren't - I would have bought from them.
Have to go with Crucial. I've never had a bad experience with them. I usually go through newegg to buy it though because it's cheaper.
darwen said:
I always wondering why it only on it seems to be mac sites that people even recomend crucial.
On other PC forums it is Corsair and kingston ram that come have the top place. OWC is states quite a bit but crucial is never used or even talk about it. I more likely to go with corsair or kingston ram for my ram needs that crucial. I either buy it from fry's or newegg.com
darwen said:
Because you can get the same quality, service, and support for less elsewhere.
Why pay more just for a name?