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Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - MacArtist - 12-08-2008
With the drop in RAM prices over the last year, I am curious how much RAM Mac Pro users have installed in their machines.
Mine is currently sitting at 16 GB. With the cost of RAM sitting at $90 for 2x2GB; it seems ridiculously cheap.
Select the closest number.
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - bik - 12-08-2008
Voted 16 because there was no option for 12 - 4x2 + 4x1.
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - threeprong - 12-08-2008
I actually have 14GB but rounded up to 16.
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - tortoise - 12-08-2008
16GB was the sweet spot for me.
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - mikebw - 12-08-2008
Oh so G5's owners get the shaft huh? I see how it is... :monkey:
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - MacArtist - 12-08-2008
Predjudism rears it's ugly head. Sorry.
What was the max amount of RAM for a G5? 8 or 16 GB?
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - GeneL - 12-08-2008
I have 5 GB (I GB pre-installed+4 GB added) and I'm wondering if I added even a little bit more ram would it make much of a difference?
My usage is pretty basic, no photoshopping, just surfing, email, burning an occasional disk and printing a photo from iPhoto.
Money is tight, but if another 5GB of ram would make my MacPro snappier, I'd put it on my wish list.
GeneL
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - macphanatic - 12-08-2008
Voted for 8, but have 7.
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - bazookaman - 12-08-2008
threeprong wrote:
I actually have 14GB but rounded up to 16.
me too.
Re: Mac Pro owners...How much RAM do you currently have installed? - OWC Larry - 12-08-2008
G5/1.6GHz and 1.8GHz 'Single Processor' models had 4 slots for max of 4GB.
All other G5 models have 8 slots.
Models with 'PCI/PCI-X' Slots (also have an AGP Video Slot) can go up to 8GB (1GB PC3200 per slot).
Models with PCIe (PCI-Express) Slots (and also don't have an AGP slot) can go up to 16GB (2GB PC4200 DDR2 per slot).
More memory makes the difference - more than a new Mac - unless you've already got the max memory your app set benefit from (working with big files in photoshop or video editing can use the max 32GB Mac Pros go to...) and you'd plan to add memory to whatever new system with faster cores selected.
Upgrading hard drive setup too makes big difference... good info here:
http://macperformanceguide.com/OptimizingPhotoshop-Configuration.html
MacArtist wrote:
Predjudism rears it's ugly head. Sorry.
What was the max amount of RAM for a G5? 8 or 16 GB?