Building a new Mac Pro for A.E _ Help Please :)

[Darby Edelen]

[chad gilmour] “I got 4gb of RAM from crucial.com”

Crucial.com costs about twice as much as you’ll pay at http://www.datamem.com or OWC (www.macsales.com).

Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA

[Chad Gilmour]

I just checked out those webistes Darby, not quite twice as much, but definitely a significant savings especially when you start buying the 4gb chips. I bought 2 2gb chips, looks like I paid about $50 more at crucial, not a big deal when you compare it to apple.

Thanks for pointing those websites out though out, I’ll definitely be utilizing them myself down the road.

[Chris Heuer]

I just did what you’re doing. Got my Pro about 2 weeks ago. Everyone here is dead on. 8 cores and ALL the RAM. I bought from Crucial and saved $3,000 dollars compared to what Apple was charging. I have the ATI Radeon 1900 (which is no longer an option)and everything FLIES!

I highly recommend Gridiron’s Nucleo Pro. You hit “shift+space bar” (instead of the 0 key) and the green ram preview bar starts appearing in chunks! Only down side… no break time while you preview. My bladder is getting used to being full though. 16gigs sounds a bit crazy at first but sooooooooooo worth it!

Chris

Chris Heuer
Freefall FX, LLC

[Darby Edelen]

[chad gilmour] “I just checked out those webistes Darby, not quite twice as much, but definitely a significant savings especially when you start buying the 4gb chips. I bought 2 2gb chips, looks like I paid about $50 more at crucial, not a big deal when you compare it to apple. “

I was comparing the prices for the 800Mhz RAM that goes into the newest Mac Pros:

2x1GB for $319 at Crucial.com (this appears to be the only option they have currently)

2x1GB for $136 at datamem.com

The savings on the older 667Mhz RAM aren’t quite as drastic.

Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA