I'm really curious, I see a lot of people upgrading to 8gb ram. Is it actually necessary? For what kinda usage do you need 8gb?

not necessary. it's just cheap haha. stil can wait la, it'll be expensive when DDR4 starts to hit the market. dunno when

curious, 2x2gb ddr3 now how much ya?

i think around RM50+/stick

It won't be necessary all the time. Because if it is, it's time to upgrade to 16GB already.

Here's a MyVi analogy. Most of the time, it's just you and your SO and perhaps a bag or two on the back seat. Comfy. When the need arises, you might have your parents or bros/sis as well, that's when the extra 2 seats at the back will be needed. Again if you're doing that all the time, it's probably time to upgrade to an Exora.

does ram with bigger capacity requires more battery power? :s

@bry7

Don't believe so.

The reason I upgraded my RAM is also partially because it's cheap!

Well, 2 sticks of RAM will use double the power of 1 stick of RAM. 1 stick 4GB vs 2GB, that I don't know, maybe just a little more.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Aug 24 2011, 03:45 PM

i dont think it affects battery power much, as long as we're talking about low memory usage

but if high memory usage, more RAM should give better battery life. because there's less swapping = less hard drive activity + less processor activity

my guess only lar

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Aug 24 2011, 04:31 PM

thats a sound reasoning. but perhaps, highly unnoticeable.

this makes sense, but I'm comparing 2x2GB and 2x4GB

my total upgrade for ram


KTA-MB1333/4G x 2 @ RM230


good ?

well since you ask , i would say is good . makes your lappy more smooth

In real world, it's more like demand low = high cost to bring in.
The prices for KTA has gone down alot. Compare to those days where value RAM vs KTA can be as much as 1:2. Now it's merely 5-15% extra.

hi. Anyone using 128GB SSD on Macbook Pro 15inch 2011 QuadCore i7 2.0ghz? Hows the performance?

Hi, currently using MBP 2011, I bought on June.
My MBP is it max can support 16gb ram?
total 4 slots?
Why I viewed online the ram for ddr3 1333 is around rm124 for 1x4gb?
from others member 4gb+4gb only for around 150 max?

This post has been edited by Kenny_Yong_9: Aug 25 2011, 05:10 AM

Yeayyy. finally i upgrade the stock hdd to SSD on my new MBP 15inch QuadCore i7.
Testing boot : 15sec
Photoshop open : 5 sec
Final Cut Pro : 7 sec

Im happy today.

nope.
just 2 slots n max can be fits is 8gb.
last time i bough kvr 1x4gb rm90.

wow!very nice.
what brand ssd did u bought?


This post has been edited by nabielz: Aug 25 2011, 06:52 AM

bro depends whether KVR or KTA lor . KVR can find around that price but KTA is 100+ per stick

theres 2 slots.
for 16GB, you need to get 2 sticks of 8GB
you'll seldom see 8GB in stores, have to order online

expensive also ... pokai ... but i dont think its necessary to do until 16gb

try funding to upgrade to ssd lor

yea, 8GB is already more than enough.
the cost of 16GB DDR3 1333 is almost RM 3000