My iMac crashed

[Justin]

I always go with crucial or corsair. Kingston is pretty good too. I would NEVER buy memory form Apple. They charge like 4x the retail price.

[JFSikora]

Originally Posted by dizzy

I always go with crucial or corsair. Kingston is pretty good too. I would NEVER buy memory form Apple. They charge like 4x the retail price.

Agreed, you get what you pay for and $50 for 4 gig is really cheap. Too cheap in my opinion. I bought 4 gig of Samsung for my Macbook, which I think is the exact memory Apple uses and I've had zero issues (I could be wrong). Granted I payed $80 but I know it's reliable.

[Jevangil]

I believe I paid 65 or 70 (2x2GB PC3 1066MHz Patriot) on sale, and haven't had an issue. Higher dollar RAM usually means a denser (more layers) circuit board with less latency. Also, from everything I have read about RAM is that the chips are made and supplied by a small handful of companies.

I used to build my own gaming rigs from scratch and never saw a significant difference in speed, or stability with a less expensive, name brand memory.

[Txdogs]

Originally Posted by Bad Ash

Agreed, you get what you pay for and $50 for 4 gig is really cheap. Too cheap in my opinion. I bought 4 gig of Samsung for my Macbook, which I think is the exact memory Apple uses and I've had zero issues (I could be wrong). Granted I payed $80 but I know it's reliable.

Don't be 'scarin' me here Bad! I have 15 days with Frys to return this memory if it crashes my system again. Hopefully I won't have any problems.

[JFSikora]

Originally Posted by Txdogs

Don't be 'scarin' me here Bad! I have 15 days with Frys to return this memory if it crashes my system again. Hopefully I won't have any problems.

I don't mean to scare you, just saying you get what you pay for most of the time. If it makes you feel better I wish you nothing but the best of luck with the new memory!

[Txdogs]

Originally Posted by Bad Ash

I don't mean to scare you, just saying you get what you pay for most of the time. If it makes you feel better I wish you nothing but the best of luck with the new memory!

I agree completely about getting what you pay for. So far so good with my $50 Patriot 4Gig memory.

[Brickman]

I am not sure which one I would be more lost without. My iMac or my iPhone. That would be a tough one!!

Glad you got it worked out Tx!

[Rene Ritchie]

I also believe Apple uses Samsung right now, at least that's what I've gotten lately. I got 4GB for my iMac last year, matched pair from Crucial and it worked fine.

Bad RAM is a headache, whether it happens immediately or late in the game