Is there a guide for buying compatible memory upgrade?

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Mac Mini Late 2012

Lanzado el 23 de octubre de 2012. Procesador Core i5 o Core i7. Apple Fusion Drive.

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ykardis @ykardis

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Publicado: 9 de nov. de 2012

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Is there a guide for buying compatible memory upgrade?

I want to buy the Mac Mini Late 2012 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) whith 1 tb disk.

I notice that Apple charge for 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x8GB= $300.00

I also notice that i can find a cheaper memory upgrade from Crucial 16GB kit (8GBx2) for $81.99

Can you please tell me if there is a difference and what is the best move in term of price/performance?

Thanks in advance.

YK

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Buy the Crucial and save the money. I have never found any difference between name brand memory and Apple memory except the cost. This assumes your Crucial kit contains 1600 Mhz DDR3 SDRAM--if it does not find a kit that does. As far as warranty is concerned save the memory you remove and replace it if you need warranty work--I do that all the time to make sure I don't loose the memory I purchased.

One other possibility if needed--good luck.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Ap...

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Michael Slomma @michaelslomma Rep: 59 3 · Answer 1 · 2012-11-17T05:47:09-07:00

@Mike,

i've heard of some people with five thumbs on every hand and they screwed up the memory upgrade on a mac mini - but if you have a healthy hand-eye-coordination and hande your mini with the needed care, your waranty is not in danger

There is not even a tool needed. Just open your mini and change the RAM. It doesn't take a single minute.

the RAM modules apple is using are the same modules you can buy at amazon or any other dealer - rember, it's all the same intel platform and the memory controller is embedded into the i5/i7 processor - thats why every DDR3 RAM will perfectly work in your mac mini

there are no faster (lower latency) DDR3-1600 modules available as you can buy on free market, not even for apple

so do you a favor: save up to 230$ and upgrade the RAM yourself

use the money to buy your mini with a fusion drive - this can also be done by yourself (a singe 128GB SSD costs not more than 100$ - instead of 250$ if you buy a fusion drive) but the upgrade and hard disk preparation is quite more difficult than the very easy RAM upgrade on a mac mini