Could this corsair vengeance 8gb 1600Mhz work on an Early 2011 Macbook Pro

[khalei]

i've been looking to get a ram upgrade for my 15 mbp froem early 2011, but the ones i've found run at 1333m i've read i7 mbp can run at 1600m so i found this:

CORSAIR high performance Vengeance SODIMM memory kit, 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz 9-9-9-24, 1.5V
CMSX8GX3M2A1600C9

CORSAIR Vengeance Performance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM 1600MHZ Laptop Memory CMSX8GX3M2A1600C9 RAM Experts

Does anyone knows if it will run on the MBP?
or has any suggestions?

[Spydweb]

Don't know about that Brand, but I am running Kingston HyperX @ 1866, works fine and runs at 1866 in 2011 MBP I7
17" so should be the same for you.

[Datamonger]

Unless you are getting a really good deal on the Corsair RAM, I suggest getting it from Other World Computing. They specialize in Macintosh upgrades, so you know that you'd be less likely to encounter problems.

[saturnotaku]

so you know that you'd be less likely to encounter problems.

That is absolutely false. Companies will put "Apple certified" on their RAM so they can add an Apple tax of their own. RAM is RAM. The 8 GB kit in my MBP was $30 and works flawlessly. I will all but guarantee OWC gets its chips and PCBs from the same place as Crucial, Corsair or some other major memory brand.


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[Datamonger]

This may have changed from the days of PPC then. I remember with my old Power Macintosh G3, I tried using RAM from a Windows system and the computer wouldn't boot into OS X. Then I tried "Apple Certified" RAM and it booted just fine.

[Ahoy]

Don't know about that Brand, but I am running Kingston HyperX @ 1866, works fine and runs at 1866 in 2011 MBP I7
17" so should be the same for you.

Just wanted to chime in that Corsair's great brand. I own a set of 16gbs of the desktop Vengeances myself.

[Karamazovmm]

It will work. The mbp 15 and 17 can run on 1600mhz and 1866mhz ram, the mbp 13 is limited to the 1600mhz, the 1866mhz will give you issues.

And yes the CAS will work.

There is no more difference regarding ram or upgrades since apple moved to intel, OWC is basically a company that inserts the apple tax in its products. Those Sandforce controlled SSDs have usually a terrible price, the only SSD that is worth to upgrade is to get a 64gb mba 11 and to get a 240gb SSD from them, aside that the ram, the optibay, SSDs are really not worth the price.

[juanfelipao]

I have a question, you say that the Corsair Vengeance will work on Macbook pros, would you also include this Corsair Vengeance in that category?

Amazon.com: Corsair 8 GB Vengeance PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 Desktop Memory 8 (Single) - CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10: Electronics

[katalin_2003]

Those are desktop memory sticks, juanfelipao.
They won't fit in a laptop.

[juanfelipao]

I see. Thank you!