Where to buy ELPIDA memory 4X4 for my new iMac

As you or may not be aware, Macs are extremely picky about the type and spec of RAM it wants to see in them.

You can't just purchase RAM anywhere willy nilly.

Here are two reliable and cheap online sources for Mac RAM Crucial Memory or OWC.

They will have the correct spec'd RAM for your Mac.

Good Luck!

I've never heard of the brand you mentioned, but the two most recommended here were already mentioned by MichelPM (OWC = macsales.com and Crucial).

You do not need to install the same brand Apple has installed; they do not produce the RAM and will buy from different RAM manufacturers at different times. However, it does need to be quality RAM.

If crucial and OWC was real good then Apple would have used them

They are third party sellers. They are excellent companies. They most likely use the same chips with a different label. If you don't want to use them, it is your prerogative; however, to state that they do not sell quality products is misinformed and absurd.

Both Crucial and OWC's prices are very competitive. I do not buy RAM from Apple. And I am not a sucker.

Hope that this educates you a bit

If you were addressing me with that comment, it was inappropriate.

But always get what is installed in your computer when upgrading

Absolutely not necessary.

I checked the Elpida website; if you prefer to buy a product from a company that just went bankrupt and is being sold, again, that is your prerogative. Did you get a lifetime warranty? I wonder who would honor it since the company went bankrupt? Here is the link to OWC's site = 4x4 GB is $102.99 with a lifetime warranty.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/2011/DDR3_21.5_27

We are users just like you and volunteer our time to help. Obviously not appreciated in this case. I am done here.

Well,

Just to educate you, also. Crucial Memory and OWC are just Mac RAM suppliers.

They are not the manufacturer of the RAM

You don't have to duplicate the manufaturerer of RAM that Apple uses.

As long as the RAM is to Apple's proper specs, is 100% Mac compatible and is advertised as quality RAM, any supplier/ manufacturer of RAM will work in a Mac.

Apple uses different sources for RAM all of the time.

Elpida is just one source that Apple uses for RAM memory in their computer products.

One of Apple's sources for RAM, at one time, was Samsung.

They may still use Samsung as a source for RAM. I don't know for sure about this.

They use whatever manufacturer they find the cheapest and can produce the quantities of RAM needed to meet Apple's production spec, quality and production run quantities.

I consistently use OWC for memory upgrades in my Macs.

Been using them for this and other purchases and products for over 20 years.

I am not sure who their supplier/manufacturer is , but their memory exceeds Apple's and Intel's own specs. and standards and carries a lifetime warranty.

Meaning if a stick of their RAM goes bad, as long as I return the bad or defective RAM stick to OWC, I will receive a new replacement free of charge.

They post all relevant info about their RAM right in the RAM memory section of their website.

I have been using OWC RAM in every Mac I have owned or serviced.

Both Crucial and OWC sell quality and more important, Mac compatible RAM at very cheap or really reasonable prices.

You are just fooling yourself to believe you need THE identical RAM supplier in your Mac.

It doesn't matter. Quality, the number of chips on the RAM type, and the specs of the RAM are all that matters for the RAM to work properly in a Mac.

Your argument is fallacy.

You did get a good price