PNY Optima Ram Upgrade 2010 Mac mini

First off, new to this forum so if I make a mistake in this posting I apologize ahead of time.
I am a long time Apple user of over 20 years and many purchases in that time and thought I would share my latest experience with the Apple community. My latest purchase of a refurbished Mac mini 2010, 2.4ghz model on the Apple Store Refurbish site for 470.00 this past week in September was what I personally thought to be a great deal.
It's specs are as follows:
2.4 ghz intel Core 2 Duo
2 gigs ram
320 gig hard drive
8 X Optical Superdive
Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics 256 MB shared ram
HDMI & mini display port
bluetooth, airport wireless, firewire & ethernet
Now when I set this computer up and installed my software of Traktor Pro 1.27, Apple Logic Studio 8 and Propellerheads Reason 4.0 and tried using any of them the mac mini was insanely slow (it was ridiculous) so I checked my activity monitor and saw that my page in & outs were in the gigabytes. So I need to purchase more RAM, and I did.
What I wanted Apple users to know is that I purchased a matched pair of 2 x 4 gig PC3 8500 1066mhz ddr3 RAM chips = 8 gigs total of PNY Optima dual channel RAM for 55.00 from TigerDirect and they work perfectly. All 8 gigs recognized by OS X Lion 10.7.1 and the mac mini is one of the fastest computers I now own and use. The increase in RAM from 2 to 8 gigabytes is like day and night times a 100 in comparison. Really!
Of course I knew that I was going to have to upgrade the RAM when I ordered this model of 2010 mac mini in the first place. I just wanted to let you all know that very inexpensive PNY branded RAM does work in this model. I know I was rolling the dice, but I am on a budget and I had to try it out. The PNY Optima packaging had an APPLE MAC logo on it, so that made me feel a little more confident at the check out counter.
I know that this mac mini doesn't compare to the 2011 mac mini models but at close to half the retail price it will do everything I need it to for many years to come.
Design wise it is a gorgeous little computer. Sleek, elegant and very compact. Nice and portable for not being a laptop computer.

You should be okay selecting a high quality vendor's memory that is not from Apple, just make sure it gives you an unlimited warranty.

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Hello All,
I would like to share this info with you, just in case someone wanted to add more Ram to their Mac mini.
I purchased 2X4GB Kingston DDR3 Ram and followed instructions that I found on YouTube and other sources to replac my 2GB Mac mini.
The Kingston ram is very cheap KVR1066D3S7/4G but you should evaluate how much Ram you will need.
If I knew that I will only need 4GB then I would have saved my money in a warmer place (my pocket).
Anyway here is the info of my Mac mini after the RAM upgrade:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          Mac mini
Model Identifier:          Macmini3,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MM31.0081.B06
SMC Version (system):          1.35f0

I'm not sure what your point is here. How does one actually "evaluate" how much RAM you think you need?         I think most would agree that a RAM upgrade is one of the best performance boosters for the money and the simple rule is the more RAM the better. I have a new Mac Mini with 2.3 GHz i5 processors and upgraded to 8GB of RAM from Crucial.com (complete with instructions so you don't have to search YouTube) and noticed an immediate performance increase when working with multiple applications and while playing iTunes, etc. The Crucial upgrade was only $59.99 for 8GB kit and I think the 4GB kit was only $20 cheaper so it doesn't make sense to not get thte 8GB kit.

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Hi,
I have a Mac Mini mid-2010 (Model 4.1). I purchased it with 4 Gb RAM, and I am now considering a RAM upgrade.
I currently am running OS 10.95 - and not particularly happy with the sluggish performance that has been the hallmark of my 'upgrade' to Mavericks on this machine. I figure that increasing RAM can only help what has become a sometimes teeth-gnashingly slow computer.
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Is this true? Anyone tried this?
Thanks,
HJ

Memory capabilities:
Maximum Memory
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RAM upgrade for mac mini

can i use this ram for my new mac mini - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Komputerbay-MACMEMORY-PC3-10600-133

Does not seem right. The specs are:
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Unbuffered
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1600 MHz
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5475
It appears those will work with 2011 Mac
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Unbuffered
Non-parity
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4805

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Depending on the applications one seeks to run in the MINI, if you have a quad-core model
that also would run virtual cores depending on the software made to run in that configuration,
the dual-channel aspect of RAM memory upgrade may make more than a slight difference.
But that would be hard to measure, if you happen to have a quad-core 2.3GHz and 16GB RAM.
Or then sought to upgrade and put an SSD in one hard drive location and perhaps a 1-TB or
larger HDD in the other; thus it may work as a fusion-type drive. Sometimes, any advantage is
lost once the computer data rate is reached, it won't go faster due to the hardware limits...
One I recently acquired from Apple online, clearance new, has two 1-TB 5400 RPM drives. So
that may be OK if two Mac OS X systems were on board. Or if it were used as a Server, since
my model shipped with Server version OS X 10.9, and only 4GB RAM so far.
Hopefully your upgrade works out OK. I've read of a few instances of problematic installation
where one of two drives would not run at expected data transfer rates. Don't remember details.
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Cuanta memoria ram soporta la mac mini 2010

Cuanta memoria RAM soporta la Mac Mini 2010

Officially Apple say's 8GB.
see > Mac mini (Mid 2010): Memory specifications and upgrades
However OWC has tested and sells a 16GB kit for it.
see > Apple Mac mini Memory 2010 Mac mini unibody models

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hi everyone
i am planning to upgrade my mac mini memory. i have a 2010 mid model mac mini which is support 1066mhz, pc3-8500, ddr3
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IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport.kext
IOFireWireAVC.kext
IOFireWireFamily.kext
IOFireWireIP.kext
IOFireWireSBP2.kext
I restarted and BAM...Snow Leopard booted crazy fast and the mouse and keyboard worked instantly.
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So how do I hack the Mountain Lion installer and tell it to ignore the FW port, which is obviously quite dead? Or is there something I can do to the Base system that is similar?

2010 mac mini RAM error

I have a 2010 mac mini and it is displaying that I only have 1gb of ram, but it should display that I have 2gb. Please help!!

Do a proper shut down from the apple menu
Then flip the mini upside down and open the bottom cover
check and see if there are 2 ram DIMMs installed
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5uvIBpTSaQ
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COMMAND OPTION P R

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Hi Everyone,
Hoping I can get some advice.
I have a 2010 Mac Mini and am thinking about upgrading to OSX Lion.
Although I know my Mac meets the system requirments (Intel Core 2 Duo, 2Gb RAM), I was wondering what the performace is like on with these specs.
I mainly use my Mac for iTunes, Safari, Twitter and iPhoto if that makes any difference.
Thanks!

It works ok for me, I've got a 2010 mini (base model) and am using it as a server for web, iTunes and VPN. It handles lion fine, the only quibble is that being always on it heats up during the day a lot, more so than when I had Snow leopard installed. It's not to unacceptable levels though. But as dingy and beezelbubba say, Ram is cheap nowadays and if you've got the spare cash it's always worth it.

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Placed order for mac mini with 4GB RAM option just before the new (2010) mac mini announced. Apple kindly advised I'll be getting the new 2010 mac mini - but with 2GB of RAM - no change to pricing AUD 1100.
Love the new 2010 mini.
I like my workstation to be as low wattage as possible - but with heaps of RAM. I multi-task to be efficient.
Guess I'll be able to slot 8GB in myself, but would prefer to start with 4GB - it might just be enough.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If your new Mac mini has not shipped, consider calling Apple to upgrade to 4 GB and I suspect you’ll be fine.

PNY Optima Ram Upgrade 2010 Mac mini

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