what kind of RAM for the 27'' i7?

[Seraph301083]

Hi there!

I'm close to receiving my new 27'' i7 iMac and I want to upgrade the 4GB to 8GB as soon as possible. So my question is what kind of RAM do I have to buy?

DDR3 204pin
DDR3 ECC 240pin
DDR3 240pin

(what is the difference??)

CL 7 or CL9 or....

do you see my dilemma? I'm usually not that bad with hardware but when it comes to RAM I have no clue at all...

please help me out, I just want to buy 2x2GB RAM

thx

 

[Seraph301083]

anyone? please!

 

[Hellhammer]

204-pin DDR3 PC3-8500 SODIMM, buy it from here

 

[Seraph301083]

thank you!

 

[gjw4u]

OP, Crucial (the link Hellhammer gave you) is great for RAM.
I can also recommend Other World Computing:
RAM for Q3/09 iMac from OWC

 

[Uncle Pinny]

In my experience the latency is irrelevant.

I added an extra 2 x 4gb of ram that had different latency (cl8 as opposed to stock cl7) and it works perfectly.

 

[Seraph301083]

I won't be able to buy from this shops because I'm from Austria, but thanks for your suggestions!

I think I'll go with
Kingston ValueRAM 2 GB DDR3 1066 MHz PC3-8500 - CL7

does anyone know if the iMacs RAM is ECC?

 

[Hellhammer]

does anyone know if the iMacs RAM is ECC?

It's non-ECC

 

[FocusedOne]

does anyone know if the iMacs RAM is ECC?

I'm pretty certain that it is Non-ECC.

 

[chibamac]

I got this

This is what I got.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226019

will it work in my i7?

 

[Hellhammer]

This is what I got.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226019

will it work in my i7?

It should work