msajidjan

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Q: Recommended RAM Brand For Mac Pro

I want to upgrade RAMs of my Mac Pro 5,1 2011

2.4 GHz 12 core Intel Xeon

Which Brand RAM is suitable for this Machine?

Thank You!

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), Upgrade Mac Pro

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 9:27 AM

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Kingston should be fine.

http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/search/Default.aspx?DeviceType=1&Mfr=APP&Line= Mac%20Pro&Model=65146&Description=Kingston_System_Specific_Memory_for_Apple_Mac_ Pro_DDR3_(Mid_2010)_2CPU

When mixing different memory sticks see:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4584

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 9:45 AM

Q: Recommended RAM Brand For Mac Pro

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by lllaass,Helpful

lllaass Mar 31, 2015 9:56 AM in response to msajidjan
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Mar 31, 2015 9:56 AM in response to msajidjan

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory#1333-memory
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Apple/mac-pro-12-core-mid-2 010
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msajidjan Mar 31, 2015 9:32 AM in response to lllaass
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Mar 31, 2015 9:32 AM in response to lllaass

You are saying Crucial is best for Mac pro?
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msajidjan Mar 31, 2015 9:32 AM in response to lllaass
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Mar 31, 2015 9:32 AM in response to lllaass

what about Kingston??
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lllaass Mar 31, 2015 9:45 AM in response to msajidjan
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Mar 31, 2015 9:45 AM in response to msajidjan

Kingston should be fine.
http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/search/Default.aspx?DeviceType=1&Mfr=APP&Line= Mac%20Pro&Model=65146&Description=Kingston_System_Specific_Memory_for_Apple_Mac_ Pro_DDR3_(Mid_2010)_2CPU

When mixing different memory sticks see:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4584
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msajidjan Mar 31, 2015 9:53 AM in response to lllaass
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Mar 31, 2015 9:53 AM in response to lllaass

i have installed 32GB Kingston RAMs but did not find any difference in performance, my computer was giving batter performance before this upgrade.
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lllaass Mar 31, 2015 10:03 AM in response to msajidjan
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Mar 31, 2015 10:03 AM in response to msajidjan

Just how are you qualifying performance?
More memory only increases performance if memory is the bottleneck.
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by The hatter,

The hatter Mar 31, 2015 10:26 AM in response to msajidjan
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Mar 31, 2015 10:26 AM in response to msajidjan

Higher clocked processors if it is processor bound. An 8 core 3.2GHz or dual 6-core 3.33GHz (the difference between X5680 vs 90 is not enough to justify usually).

PCIe SSD(s) if it is IO bound.

Even dual socket cpus are not ideal unless you need 8-cores or above for video or something.

6 x 8GB would be one configuration, or 6x4GB rather than using 4 DIMMs per bank. But that is marginal difference and hard to quantify outside of very synthetic tests.
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