2GB RAM Upgrade from Crucial

Crucial is offering 2GB of mem at $97 for my Macbook and I was wondering if anyone out there had any suggestions or comments about their module and whether or not it was worth it.
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=6C41F532A5CA7304

I have that same stuff - it worked great in my old 2GHz Core Duo and it works great in my new 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo. Great price too

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RAM Upgrade from 2GB to 4GB -- Lots of questions...

I have a MacPro with the two dual core processors. It has 2GB of RAM in the form of four 512GB 667MHz RAM chips.
I want to double my RAM to 4GB, and I wonder what's the best way to do that?
If I double the existing RAM, that would mean 4 more 512GB RAM chips, all running at 667MHz. That would use ALL my chip slots, so that's the most RAM I'd be able to have in that configuration.
So.. why not pull ALL the 512s and replace them with, say, 2 2GB chips? If I do that, could I not also upgrade to 800MHz chips? Is there any reason that 800 MHz chips would be incompatible with my MacPro?
I'm a bit skittish about hardware upgrades, so if anybody's got any suggestions for a resource that can guide me through the process, that would be helpful, too. I'm always afraid I'm gonna bust a pin somewhere and destroy the computer.
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Hi,
you surely mean the type because to ask which size would be funny. :) (more is always better)
The right type for that machine is DDR333 and the maximum amount of RAM you can install is 2GB (2 x 1GB memory module).
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Hope I could help.
Greets

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I've ordered from them dozens of times in the past and they are simply the best in all aspects of the sale:
http://www.macsales.com/
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Hope you all are doing good
I plan to upgrade my ram to 16 gb from the current 8gb (DDR3 1333 MHz)
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2) Can i use a 1600 MHz ram instead of a 1333 MHz ram as i getting it cheaper without doing any long term damage to my mac other than the speed getting reduced to 1333 MHz
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