G skill ram on newegg

If I get the macbook I am looking to upgrade the ram and people say that it is easy and safe to do it myself. Since Apple is overpriced, I was thinking of getting the ram at newegg which seems to be decent. The G skill seems decently priced and the reviews has been good. But there are so many of them to choose from. What are the differences in each of them and what will be the best for my Macbook?

 

I would go with 2 x 1GB sticks of the G.Skill. It's the best buy, and is rated the best.

 

Yup, thats what i did. Good stuff. A bit pricey when I bought it, but good price.

 

I don't have an macbook but I have been using 2 GB of gskill ram in my PC laptop and it has worked flawlessly. It is good stuff.
Tim

 

Yeah, and the price seems to slowly be going down.

 

Great ram, works flawlessly with MacBooks and MacBook Pro Alike.

I got it when it was 82 dollars a stick. RAM is just like gas prices it goes up and down depending on the market.

 

What is the difference between the different G skill rams though. PC530, PC420 and others.

Also, for browsing, opening lots of apps, etc. would it make a lot of difference between 1 and 2 gigs of ram?

 

The MacBook requires PC2-5300 RAM. And even though 1GB helps a lot, and is very much usable, 2GB is recommended, and yes going from 1GB to 2GB will make quite a bit of difference being the total amount of ram was doubled.

 

Basically, the more ram you have, the more multitasking you can do. I can literally open a dozen or so apps and have them all work well. Unlike when I had 512 mb in there.
There is definently a difference between 1 gig and 2 gig, though only to those who use programs that can really take advantage of that. Say, if you use pro apps like photoshop or logic, there is a major difference.
For surfing the web and basic stuff, you won't see much of a difference.

 

Basically the more the better.

I can still remember back in 1998 and 1999 how much just 1GB of ram cost, now that was expensive back then. It still bewilders me sometimes how fast the computer industry moves, it won't be long before we're all saying that 4-6GB is recommended, and seeing Quad cores. My professor at school keeps claiming we'll see 8-core processors in consumer computers next year or two, however I highly doubt it, not just myself but also an Intel Executive in an article I read he stated that he does not see Intel making 8 core processors for the consumer market for quite a while, meaning years just because it'd be overkill.

 

so the pc-5300 is the only one compatible with the Macbook?

 

Well "technically" you can have something that is of a slower clock speed, but isn't really recommended because you'd just slow your machine down. PC2-5300 is what Apple recommends, so when you look for something you don't want anything other than that number PC2-5300.

 

Is the pc2-5300 the only version Macbook can be compatible with? not 4200 or 8000? And also, can Macbook actually run it at 667mhz like the ram is capable of or only 533 like most laptops.

 

You could put in ram that runs at 533Mhz, although I wouldn't see why you would want to do that unless money is a big concern, its not recommended though because you raise more possbilities of incompatibility.

 

It's like putting 87 octane gas in a car that requires 92 octane. It will work, you just wont get the most out of it. The macbook uses pc2-5300, but you can use pc2-4200.

*edited for clarification.

 

Please PLEASE remember to put in the 2 after PC2 everyone, there is a difference between PC-5300 and PC2-5300! One is for DDR and the other is for DDR2.

For clarification.

MacBooks and MacBook Pros both use 200-pin PC2-5300 DDR2 memory that runs at 667Mhz.