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mac mini ram - what type

  • 10-05-2005 9:15pm
    #1
    heggie
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    Hi, what type of RAM does a mac mini take? and any recommendations of who to buy it off? thanks, oh and also lol does a g3 iMac use a standard pc type ide HDD. thanks in advance


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  • #2
    WUSBDesign
    Closed Accounts Posts: 549 ✭✭✭WUSBDesign


    heggie wrote:
    Hi, what type of RAM does a mac mini take? and any recommendations of who to buy it off? thanks, oh and also lol does a g3 iMac use a standard pc type ide HDD. thanks in advance

    I've got my 1GB :D carried over by a friend of mine who visited us in March. Purchased at www.macsales.com . You'll see lots of options for MacMini upgrades.

    Also, people have tried www.shop4memory.com .Follow the links for the memory configurator. Just beware of customs when the RAMs come in.

    Contrary to what some people may tell you, a DDR400 RAM may be cheaper than a DDR333 although the latter is rated slower.

    Good luck!


  • #3
    Jammer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Jammer


    shop4memory.com 's stuff comes from kildare...no customs there!!


  • #4
    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    ok thanks so its just standard DDR ram ?


  • #5
    WUSBDesign
    Closed Accounts Posts: 549 ✭✭✭WUSBDesign


    Here's the detailed stuff:

    PC2700 DDR 333MHz CL 2 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC 184 Pin DIMM

    PC3200 DDR 400MHz CL=3 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC 184 pin DIMM

    Either will work, just go for the cheapest.


  • #6
    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    thanks


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  • #7
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Bog standard PC2700 is fine

    with ethe iMac, you can use a standard HD alright. But 7200RPM drives can cause the monitor's transformer to fail, and they are a pain in the A$$ to replace.

    try to get a 5400 RPM drive if you can.


  • #8
    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    ok thanks for the info :)


  • #9
    rsynnott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Ah, remember when macs used fake SCSI, and fabulously obsure memory?


  • #10
    deevey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 707 ✭✭✭deevey


    mini's use a laptop 9mm, 2.5', 4200 rpm harddrive ... i think 100 gig is as big as you can go but only to 5400rpm (still quite slow) or 7200 rpm up to 60 gig.. (from komplett 140 euro).

    TBH i'd go for the speed over quantity .. it made a huge diff to my boot times and the likes of video playing / editing on my Ibook (almost the same config as a mini) - only diff is the mini is easier to upgrade :p
    with ethe iMac, you can use a standard HD alright. But 7200RPM drives can cause the monitor's transformer to fail, and they are a pain in the A$$ to replace.

    Quite different machines methinks .. the mini has no monitor transformer to fry

    ... was the the old or the new imac BTW.. was thinking of getting a new one and upping the HDD to 7200 or 10,000 rpm... this makes me rethink a little

    Also 7200rpm drive in the ibook anyhow runs cooler then the old 4200 rpm .. somthing to do with it not spinning for so long to access the info .. so I guess more cooling down time between reads/writes.. i was worried originally about heat..but after using it for hours on end in hot sweaty nightlubs im happy that its happy..

    oh and you can always get external case for the existing drive for about 50 quid and format it as Fat32 so you can tranfer files with your mates with windows machines.

    you can get the mini take apart guide from here if you wanna upgrade it yourself (21 meg file fully illustrated..nice)

    CD drive is a slotloading laptop drive could upgrade that too ...while your in there .. hehe..


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