Buy Ram for iMac with Intel Core i7?

[Akul]

Hello everyone,

Otherwise to return to the subject, I have white macbook, and I just splurge on an iMac 27 'i7 I kept setting "home" with 2 strips of 2GB of Ram, I expected to add 2 * 2 for by buying from a site like Macway ; Am i making mistake? I'd take the direct 4 * 2GB? Is it enough to take the DDR3 or are there any incompatibilities with the original RAM?

Thank you in advance for your response

[Quentin]

Hello,

No, its fine. This will cost you almost 2x less expensive. Any Ram as it's DDR3 1066MHz SODIMM. You will find strips of 2GB to between 60 to 70$

Personally, I see that in MacWay they have the ram that bears their name and DANE-ELEC.

I would trust the Corsair for the same price.

[Venator]

Go with newegg.com, it gives less prices as compare to rest buying sites, as per my observation. I love newegg but for RAM for new iMac, I went with OWC (Macsales). I just picked up a 2GB 667mhz So-Dimm, A-Data with Lifetime Warranty for $60 after rebate.

[Regina]

There are any options to buy from, first evaluate the upgrading possibilities. For instance, you may be able to use your old RAM along with the new one, resulting in a speedier machine at a low cost. Buy RAM from retailers such as Circuit City or Best Buy etc. You can also visit any of these stores and learn more about your options.

[Raiz]

You can use any Small-Outline dual inline memory modules (SO-DIMMS) that meets all of these criteria:

• PC3-8500
• Unbuffered
• Nonparity
• 204-pin
• 1066 MHz
• DDR3 SDRAM

You can use RAM module sizes of 1 GB, 2 GB or 4GB in each slot.

You can get more details here : iMac: Memory specifications and upgrades