Noob question here. I've been doing some reading on the forum but I'm still unsure.

I just purchased a MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.7GHz and it comes with 2 X 2GB DDR3 1333MHz. I wanna upgrade to 2 X 4GB DDR3 1333MHz.

The usual question i would ask a RAM seller is, "Is all DDR3 1333MHz RAM compatible with my macbook pro?"

- quite a few answers "yes, as long as it's DDR3 1333. kingston or corsair or mushkin no problem."
- and some said "no, you have to buy apple certified ram" - they're more expensive
- some said "kingston can use regular ram. if corsair have to use apple certified ram" huh?

so. you can imagine my confusion. i've been reading through the forum but i'm still not convinced. can someone please clarify? i'm looking to upgrade with a regular corsair 4GB DDR3 1333 (RM97). next choice is kingston 4GB DR3 1333 (RM85).

thanks in advance, everyone.

This post has been edited by fortynine: Aug 14 2011, 11:00 AM

awesomeness! 69 is cheap! anyone using corsair?

the max mentioned on apple tech spec is 8GB. but some ram manufacturer claims it's possible. that would be pretty awesome but the 2 X 8GB DDR3 1333 would burn a huge hole in your account.

in my opinion, go for kingston. it's cheaper.

if you're keen on getting only the best for your macbook, have a look at hynix. i think apple uses hynix rams in their macbooks by default. i'm not sure if you can get it easily here, though. and it definitely won't be cheap.

i spent hours today looking for corsair sticks @ computer shops. most only carry kingston. so, i ended up buying kingston KVR sticks for my mbp. RM69 a stick at thundermatch digital mall.

thanks for correcting me on the hynix stuff. i can confirm that apple uses samsung chip. i just replaced mine with the 4GB kingston KVR and the factory 2GB sticks are samsung.