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Hardware General Mac Upgrade Discussion, Ram, HHD, OS/updates, Cable, Driver etc
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summerkw
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 Sep 28 2009, 02:09 PM
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hi, i m new here. Wanna ask all the sifus for advise.
I have an old Macbook Pro 15" Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz. Everything original with 1GB RAM.
I wanna increase the RAM. But according to my research, my MBP can only support up to 3GB.
So my question is do i just get a 2GB to upgrade to 3GB. Will this affect the performance?
According to "jinaun old post: it will work fine.. but your mbp may take some performance hit as the after the 1gb boundry of ur 2GB stick will onli work at single channel"
Or should i get 2x 2GB RAM. But i will lose 1GB RAM.
Appreciate your advise.
cheers
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summerkw
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Sep 28 2009, 02:45 PM
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QUOTE(philipcs @ Sep 28 2009, 02:30 PM) yup...this is my MBP model...any advise? cheers |
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summerkw
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Sep 28 2009, 02:52 PM
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QUOTE(philipcs @ Sep 28 2009, 02:44 PM) exactly my dilemma. So to add 2GB or 2x 2GB. If i just add a 2GB RAM. What kind of RAM IS better? KTA or KVR? |
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summerkw
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Sep 28 2009, 03:06 PM
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QUOTE(philipcs @ Sep 28 2009, 03:01 PM) if you have budget, get KTA, which approved by Apple. But i dont have budget, therefore i am using KVR and running without problem since last Friday. so what do you recommend? buy 2 x 2GB RAM or buy 1 x 2GB RAM. how much did you get the RAM for? What brand and where? cheers |
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summerkw
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Sep 28 2009, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(philipcs @ Sep 28 2009, 03:10 PM) My 2 cents opinion: based on my understanding, since your mbp unable to utilize full 4GB, just get 1 x 2GB to add on to your existing 1GB. (total of 3GB) I got my Kingston KVR 2 x 2GB DDR3 1066MHz, 2nd hand from one of the forumer in LYN, RM200 only  ok...thanks for the advise. So it is better to add a KTA RAM to 3GB, ya. Do you know where can get good price for a KTA 2GB RAM? cheers |
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summerkw
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Sep 28 2009, 03:26 PM
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QUOTE(philipcs @ Sep 28 2009, 03:18 PM) Better match the RAM model that you are using now to prevent complication in future For the place, I have compared the price list that i collected from Lowyat last 2 weeks, looks like StarTec is giving the best deal: ok...thx bro....much appreciated. Will go Lowyat and have a look. cheers |
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summerkw
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Sep 29 2009, 10:15 AM
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QUOTE(philipcs @ Sep 29 2009, 09:39 AM) yes... his ram is DDR2 667MHz, i just gave him a guideline for the ram price. In term of the ram layout, this is late 2006 model and should be single so-dimm (1x1GB) instead of 2x512MB. See the Apple Spec here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP24yeah...philipcs is right. My MBP has a single so-dimm 1GB. |
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