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MacBook Pro Memory
SouthUKMan
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My day to day MacBook Pro is an early 2011 model. It has 4GBb of PC3 10600S memory. I have just bought 8GB of PC3 8500s memory with the intention of upgrading my MacBook Pro to help with the speed of photo editing and some occasional video editing.
When I bought the memory (secondhand off eBay), stupidly I didn't check the speed rating. I know the memory will work and won't damage my MacBook Pro, but my question is... will I find it better to have 8GB of slightly slower memory or 4GB of slightly faster memory? Thoughts please
PS. The seller described the item perfectly. This is just down to my own haste and stupidity.
When I bought the memory (secondhand off eBay), stupidly I didn't check the speed rating. I know the memory will work and won't damage my MacBook Pro, but my question is... will I find it better to have 8GB of slightly slower memory or 4GB of slightly faster memory? Thoughts please
PS. The seller described the item perfectly. This is just down to my own haste and stupidity.
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Definitely 8GB of slightly slower memorySouthUKMan wrote: »will I find it better to have 8GB of slightly slower memory or 4GB of slightly faster memory?
Speed ratings for RAM make very little difference in actual real-life usage. Unless you are comparing DDR2 with DDR3 and DDR4 - memory speeds within a class (e.g. DDR3 1800MHz vs DDR3 2100MHz) are basically indistinguishable in real life usepoppy100 -
You've done OK! Don't panic.
Just don't be in a hurry to upgrade to new OS's until you're dead certain all your old software will still work.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
When using slighlty slower ram your macbook will run all ram@slowest speed.
Not that an average user would notice any difference.Replenished CRA Reports.2020 Nissan Leaf 128-149 miles top charge. Savings depleted. VM Stream tv M250 Volted to M350 then M500 since returned to 1gb0 -
The faster memory will run at the speed of the slowest memory, but we are at a point memory and technology wise where you're not going to notice any difference in performance.
There is a performance jump when you go between the various memory types - from DDR to DDR2 to DDR3 to DDR4 but as a general rule you'd be hard pushed to spot the performance difference between 1333 and 1600 for example, but it may be slightly noticeable when the jump between the speeds is greater - such as DDR3 1333 and DDR3 2400. But it wouldn't set the world on fire, let's put it that way.0 -
Does RAM speed really matter? Some very good testing on games machines with everything from stock to the highest rated overclocked stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Yt4vSZKVk
If you can't be bothered to watch the video the answer is basically no.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
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