Anyone pre-ordered ram for G5?

coolmaccoolmac
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Have you ordered and received additional ram for your G5?

I went to Crucial and a pair of 512mb CL-3 modules is $190 for a dual 2gig G5.



Have you received quality ram from anywhere else for less than $190?

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  • Reply 1 of 13
    scooby2scooby2 Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by coolmac

    Have you received quality ram from anywhere else for less than $190? [/B]



    Thats the cheapest I've found. If this macconnection additional 1gb of free ram w/ my 1.8 does not work out, I will be ordering from crucial.
  • Reply 2 of 13
    freaktornadofreaktornado Posts: 25member
    I just recieved my 2x512 PC3200 RAM from Crucial. I've had good luck with their RAM in the past, so I just went with them automatically.
  • Reply 3 of 13
    markivmarkiv Posts: 180member
    I bought 2x512 PNY PC 2700 RAM for my G5 for 175 dollars from compusa. Just waiting for my G5 to arrive and plug the RAM in, also got an extra 80 GB Seagate SATA hard drive for about 85 dollars for storing movies and songs.
  • Reply 4 of 13
    doktorfaustdoktorfaust Posts: 18member
    According to http://www.pricewatch.com/ you can get a stick of 512MB PC3200 for $59....
  • Reply 5 of 13
    scooby2scooby2 Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Doktorfaust

    According to http://www.pricewatch.com/ you can get a stick of 512MB PC3200 for $59....



    Check the http://www.resellerratings.com of that place and the other places on pricewatch. Ordering from someone with a score below 8.5 out of 10 is just asking for trouble.
  • Reply 6 of 13
    cgilliocgillio Posts: 8member
    I ordered and already got a 1gb stick for about 180 from 18004memory.
  • Reply 7 of 13
    scooby2scooby2 Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CGillio

    I ordered and already got a 1gb stick for about 180 from 18004memory.



    It appears you need to use them in pairs. Atleast thats what I'm hearing.
  • Reply 8 of 13
    cgilliocgillio Posts: 8member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by scooby2

    It appears you need to use them in pairs. Atleast thats what I'm hearing.



    Do you mean that I have to have 2 1gb sticks of ram?
  • Reply 9 of 13
    ernest emacernest emac Posts: 108member
    Yep.
  • Reply 10 of 13
    palterpalter Posts: 98member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CGillio

    I ordered and already got a 1gb stick for about 180 from 18004memory.



    I hope you're getting a 1.6GHz G5 because the only 1GB sticks I found at 18004memory are PC2700 sticks which will not work in the 1.8GHz and 2.0GHz systems.
  • Reply 11 of 13
    cgilliocgillio Posts: 8member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by palter

    I hope you're getting a 1.6GHz G5 because the only 1GB sticks I found at 18004memory are PC2700 sticks which will not work in the 1.8GHz and 2.0GHz systems.



    Yes I am getting the 1.6 Does this still mean that i will need one more stick for it to work?
  • Reply 12 of 13
    scooby2scooby2 Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CGillio

    Yes I am getting the 1.6 Does this still mean that i will need one more stick for it to work?



    Being that it comes with 2 128mb sticks, I would guess you would still need pairs.



    EDIT: plus if you use the memory upgrade selector on crucial.com it shows you need it in pairs for the 1.6 (as well as 1.8 and 2.0).
  • Reply 13 of 13
    palterpalter Posts: 98member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CGillio

    Yes I am getting the 1.6 Does this still mean that i will need one more stick for it to work?



    Yes
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