Timetec Brand w/ Hynix Memory Modules Good?

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Timetec Brand w/ Hynix Memory Modules Good?

Hi. Is the Timetec brand a good brand? I saw it for about US$128.12 w/ shipping (arrives around March 1). It says it's for the iMac I have 17,1 and is a 16GB kit (2x8GB). My current RAM is Apple factory installed Hynix 8GB (2x4GB).

Then there's an OWC one, same 2x8GB for the 17,1 model iMac (Late 2015 5K) that sells for US$161.38 (arrives around March 1 as well). Either one will need to be picked up 3hours from here (6 hours total opportunity cost just driving + parking + time to get it is about = US$10.8, gas may probably be about US$5.8).

Thank you.

God bless, Proverbs 31

iMac 27", 10.13

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 12:40 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Feb 14, 2019 9:24 PM in response to Alvin777

Please just get the OWC or Crucial RAM, they both work. The others you are mentioning do not have good track records. Why be penny wise and pound foolish??

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dialabrain

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Feb 13, 2019 2:12 AM in response to Alvin777

I would opt for the OWC RAM.

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SeaPapp

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Feb 14, 2019 7:47 PM in response to Alvin777

OWC and Crucial are both top quality and both offer excellent customer support. I wouldn't use kingston ram as a door stop! The sweetness of low price is soon replaced with the bitterness of kernel panics data corruption and possibly data loss.

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Alvin777 Author

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Feb 14, 2019 4:27 PM in response to Alvin777

Thanks. I checked out how tos of how to replace the RAM on this iMac. They all used Crucial.

In your experiences, which plays well with the Apple factory installed RAM (Hynix brand it seems)?

The Crucial brand or the OWC one?

Thank you.

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Alvin777 Author

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Feb 14, 2019 4:29 PM in response to Alvin777

How about the Kingston one vs. OWC vs. Crucial brand?

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dialabrain

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Feb 14, 2019 4:43 PM in response to Alvin777

Kingston is not considered a good choice.

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SeaPapp

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Feb 13, 2019 3:04 AM in response to Alvin777

While there are only so many acutal manufacturers of ram chips, bargain basement brands such as Timetec play fast and loose with ram specs when assembling modules where close is good enough. Your iMac requires ram that runs at EXACTLY 1867 MHz, quality maunfactures like OWC and Crucial use ram chips in their modules that are tested to run at exactly that speed, bargain brands may use chips that are listed as 1867 MHz ** actually run at 1864, close enough for a PC but a recipe for kernel panics in a Mac. As advised above stick with either OWC or Crucial.

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Timetec Brand w/ Hynix Memory Modules Good?

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