Pros & Cons
Pros
Excellent value and a brilliant, simple upgrade. They offer these in pairs slightly cheaper, but no big deal. Remember to buy in pairs not singles.
System. Recognised by system. Ghz i7, and then installed 32gb on top of that. Put the new ram in slots 1&3, 8 gig in slot 2. Then the original ram modules swap to the new positions of slot 2 (bank 1) and 4 (bank 3). And then put the already pre-in... Read More
Easy to install (5 mins) and a reboot and you're off! Easy to instal. Very easy to install and works perfectly. Installation is very, very easy.
It feels a lot less sluggish now. Noticeably faster in some tasks, particularly memory intensive ones and gaming. The mac is speedy as a speedy thing.
Highlights
Quality
It was now almost instant with the 64gb ram upgrade, so i'm very pleased with my purchase.
I bought these to upgrade the ram on my imac (2017) which came with the basic 16gb (2 x 8gb).
Price
The memory does what it says on the box and the price is excellent.
Bit of,a bargain at this price, (£125), bought to upgrade a recently purchased imac.
Packaging/appearance
The boards are easy to install (you have to be firm when pushing in the cards otherwise the imac won’t restart).
Competitiveness
Used as part of upgrading my 27in imac from its base 8 gb up to 24 gb.
I've bought two separate kits and the computer has recognised the full 128gb.
It was becoming unbearable slow and unresponsive to typing and general functionalitythe installation process was simple, quick ... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Most of the time this does not inhibit my day to day use of the main software tools but having speced my apple desktop mac with the maximum ram capability i found that in the age of remote working and being networked so much of the time that this phenomenon more than anything slows down the machine when my broadband connection becomes not so broad after all
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The moral of this story is that to get the best out of this product is to be offline as much as possible
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Needed to get this correct as it’s my work computer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Get the proper stuff as it works
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I removed the existing sticks and put the new ones in the original slots
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Just look up your computer specs on their website and you can find the ram you need
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First time ordering crucial from amazon but seems the same stuff
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Initially purchased parts recommended by amazon which system did not recognise