ptarmigan Posted July 12, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 12, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looking to move to CS5 in the very near future so also looking at boosting RAM in the 2009 Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon. Any suggestions, do I need 12 or 16 gb RAM and any preference on Kingston vs Crucial. For sure it won't be Apple RAM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 12, 2010 Posted July 12, 2010 Hi ptarmigan, Take a look here Mac Pro/CS5 - 12gb or 16gb RAM, Crucial or Kingston?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted July 12, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 12, 2010 As always, the more the merrier. I have never had a problem with Crucial RAM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proenca Posted July 13, 2010 Share #3 Posted July 13, 2010 Same as Andy - I have macs since G3 models and always used Crucial without problems on : G3 Indigo G4 Powerbook 17 G4 Powerbook 12 iMac G5 iMac 17" intel Mac Mini ( several ) Macbook PRO 15 MacPRO ( current ) Never had a problem. And like Andy said... the more the merrier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted July 13, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 13, 2010 Just a thought, my MBP 13" is maxed out with Apple RAM at 8GB, but opens CS5 in 3 seconds ever since I swapped the HD for an SSD. Not just like a new computer, but like one from the future! You might consider an SSD in a drive bay for a basic OS and Photoshop if you really need the speed. Obviously if you want to open huge image files then there is no substitute for RAM.... Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted October 21, 2010 Well finally ordered 12gb from Crucial. Arrived within a couple of days but 1 4gb dimm faulty. returned same day (1 week ago!) and it's taken a week to supply yet another faulty 4gb dimm. Their suggestion is now to replace all 3 modules but even if I return them Special Delivery today, the best I can expect is a re-supply to arrive Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I am not impressed. Anyone have any experience of buying Kingston memory? I wonder how much Apple will charge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted October 21, 2010 Share #6 Posted October 21, 2010 I have never had a problem with Crucial, so you are very unlucky. Kingston RAM is first class. Don't even think about buying Apple RAM unless you are the anonymous lottery winner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted October 21, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have never had a problem with Crucial, so you are very unlucky. Kingston RAM is first class. Don't even think about buying Apple RAM unless you are the anonymous lottery winner. Andy Unfortunately not. I've bought from them several times without issue before but I always feel the measure of a company is how they respond when things go wrong. Taking a full week to replace the previous failed dimm is inexcusable and their lack of willingness to turn this around quickly is very disappointing. Also having swapped the x3 1gb dimms back in all is fine, if a little slower that I would like. What on earth do we need to swap all 3 for and why was I sent a second failed module? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted October 21, 2010 Share #8 Posted October 21, 2010 64GB would be good Andy is right (for CS5, not CS4) that more is better. In fact, with CS4, 16GB and 32GB the max allowed RAM (slider in preferences-performance) is LOWER than it is with 8GB (3072MB), but comes back at 64GB. But I digress. Oh, with your Mac and CS5 you get a marginal increase in throughput if you install RAM in sets of three (triple channel architecture). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted October 21, 2010 64GB would be good Andy is right (for CS5, not CS4) that more is better. In fact, with CS4, 16GB and 32GB the max allowed RAM (slider in preferences-performance) is LOWER than it is with 8GB (3072MB), but comes back at 64GB. But I digress. Oh, with your Mac and CS5 you get a marginal increase in throughput if you install RAM in sets of three (triple channel architecture). Not if one of the sets isn't functioning you won't! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted November 15, 2010 Gave up on Crucial and the 16gb RAM from Kingston (via Jigsaw) arrived this morning. Installed and running nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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