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13.6.2017

So far, very pleased. Here are some tips if you're considering buying new SODIMM RAM.This RAM set was to breathe a new lease of life into an Acer E5-511 laptop that only had 4GB of (very poor, according to benchmarks) performance. To my surprise, the exact same Kingston RAM is available on amazon which I verified by serial number. Kingston acr16d3ls1kfg/4G Apple DDR3 1600MHz 4GB SODIMM Laptop RAM. If you've got this yourself, you should be fine.-------------------------------------Using dmidecode info or otherwise, QUADRUPLE check that your replacement RAM modules are suitable to the previous. Check the power requirements, the number of pins,dual/single ranked (how many black rectangles you can see).* This ram and it's precedent were '12800 204 pin SODIMM'.* The processor of this laptop only allows a max RAM speed of 1333MHz, so buying anything rated higher than 1600MHz is pointless without the facility to overclock it to run at lower latencies along with the speed cap.Please, check your processor limitations so as not to waste money on flashier speeds that are unattainable.* According to my processor's manual (search online), it will allow a maximum of 8GB total split between 1 or 2 channels, with both SYMMETRICALLY dual or single ranked to specific requirements. (Bit meh, but 8GB is fine for its purpose).*The original RAM is DDR3L like this crucial set, meaning it will happily operate at 1.5v (the standard if there is no way to configure it in the BIOS to use otherwise) or 1.35v. Some DDR3 runs at 1.65v which will be a problem, but the spec for DDR3 says 'must work at 1.5v'. Buying DDR3L means you're good to go at normal or less power.*There is much less risk buying 2 new modules as part of a kit than introducing 1 new one to the 1 existing and hoping for the best. If both have different power requirements, the higher operating voltage will be used for both.*In general, dual channel (having 2 sticks of ram) is better for performance than one stick (single channel) by improving bandwidth. (2 x 4GB > 1 x 8GB). And as for rank, dual rank is simply cheaper to manufacture than single rank - functionally, there is only a slight chance of having to run at slower speeds with dual rank (but this is irrelevant in my case, being locked to 1333MHz max). It just so happened to be that a set of single rank was cheaper at the time.-----------------------------------------------------------------SODIMM RAM is deceptively small. I panicked a little when I saw it (cautious), but it's precisely as big as it needs to be.For a 204 pin module, there is a string of pins approx 4.25cm in length, then a 1mm gap followed by 2.4cm of pins (measured edge to edge of bottom).Remember also that if you're still on a 32bit operating system (!) that the OS will only be able to use 4GB max, and you'll need to upgrade your OS/kernel.I do wish my processor wasn't so limited and the BIOS not so impeding as to stop me from altering voltages as you can very simply on a desktop, but such is life. 4GB of high latency RAM upgraded to 8GB (~7.7GB usable) dependable Crucial. Looking forward to seeing how it lasts. I paid £47 Jun 2017 "used - like new" in original packaging which isn't too shabby.
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5.4.2014

Having read several NUC reviews, memory white papers and reviewed the Intel NUC support site for memory compatibility I realised 16GB NUC memory purchase was the complicated part and i decided on the Crucial (Micron) 16GB 1600MT/s CL11 [CT2KIT102464BF160B] and I can confirm that this works for me...Why?My NUC is UK model (you get a G plug) of Intel Core i5 4250U NUC Barebone with MB D54250WY and BIOSVersion :: INTEL - 19, released 2014.03.03.If you need / want 16GB of memory for your NUC then you might want to be aware of a few things first:1. It turns out that memory compatibility with NUC has many considerations especially on 16GB requirements2. I urge you to look at the intel nuc support site for latest information on bios updates /compatible ram etc3. you need low voltage ram you must get DDR3L1.35v (note the L on the end and check you really are getting 1.35v compatible chips); the crucial chips appear to support 1.35 and 1.5v (i can't confirm 1,5 as my nuc operates 1.35v)4. when you use 16GB (2*8GB) you are running the nuc at maximum performance as both memory slots are populated full bandwidth is utilised and this calls for memory and timings that work in harmony with the chipset of the nuc5. it is possible to go higher than 1600MT/s; and there are review sites claiming success with G.Skill memory however this is not yet endorsed by Intel and I can only say that I stuck at 1600MT/s as the gains reported seem marginal 3-4% in most cases and for me I don't need this on a system I purchased more for the balance of power requirement Vs performance.i won't go into detail here there are plenty of review sites for NUC and other sites that describe how memory functions however for my usage it is important to get memory that works and will prolong the life of all devices as I intend to have a system up for media duties amongst other things (won't be off vary often) so for me I don't want to push the MTBF down (point 5. re:overclocking memory).I hope people looking at NUC find this useful; at this time i didn't see too many people reviewing memory compatible with a haswell nuc.
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12.7.2018

I've been building custom PC rigs or upgrading stock PC's/laptops for myself, family, & friends for 25+ years as a DIY enthusiast. I usually purchase from Crucial directly but in this instance this RAM kit was a fair chunk cheaper on Amazon. When it comes to (SODIMM) RAM for laptops or mini PC's you really can't go far wrong with Crucial. I always shortlist their kits for comparison on performance, specs & cost with other top manufacturers. Frequently, you really have to do your homework to ensure you're choosing compatible RAM for your hardware or suffer the consequences & expense. Because Crucial have directly retailed their RAM for many years, their website has also had a built in "Advisor Tool" (compatibility checker)for years too. Literally ANYONE can easily find exactly what they need without needing to be an IT professional, DIY enthusiast, or spend endless hours researching their hardware to ensure they're choosing the right kit. (Crucial carry out extensive compatibility checks to save you the trouble). Additionally, I've only needed to return one RAM kit to Crucial out of multiple purchases over the years & I had the replacement within a couple of days. Their customer services are certainly well above par. Otherwise, I've never had a failure from their kit & some of it is still in use having been passed down, etc.I purchased this particular kit to upgrade a new Minix N42C-4 Mini PC/HTPC. It's absolutely ideal for the purpose & it gives me 4x the stock RAM (a considerable boost). My mini PC is coping with everything I'm asking of such a small system & more. As always, this Crucial kit is performing precisely as advertised. I'm very happy with it. Competitive prices & lifetime warranties backed up by their superb customer services make Crucial hard to beat. Depending on your requirements, this is a great kit that can completely transform an older laptop or mini PC, etc.Supplied in no fuss plastic packaging. Would always happily recommend Crucial. 5/5.
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22.7.2019

After looking at specs on the Apple website I decided to buy this for my iMac (late 2015 27"). There are other memory listed as explicitly "For Mac".I also later checked on the crucial site and its system scanner says this memory is not compatible. Well so far that's simply not true! Naughty Crucial! I'm pretty sure that amounts to incorrect advertising.Anyway I scoured the internet to see if there was a difference between this and the mac equivalent. I couldn't find a definitive answer other than a post of someone else saying they couldn't see any discernible difference.So I popped it in, booted straight away. It doesn't instantly make everything faster, but what it does do is prevent me having close programs.When doing music production I was regularly having to reboot or use a utility to free up memory all the time otherwise I'd get sound glitches while it tried to load stuff. Since putting this in loading tracks, samples are super smooth and doing so no longer interrupts the live sound being playedPackaging was minimal which I like (came padded in bubble wrap packets and sealed antistatic bags. Had all the correct labels on.I don't know if there'll be any long term impact to using this memory over official "For mac" memory since I can't tell you what the difference is (speed, frequency, CL number, voltage etc are all the same) but if anything negative starts happening I'll update the review.In summary, this saved having to replace what is otherwise still a very capable and competent computer and me a lot of money. Worthy upgrade
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23.10.2016

I purchased the Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3L 1600 MT/s (PC3L-12800) ram for my 2012 Mid Macbook Pro 13.3. I have noticed a noticeable difference in performance from the pre-installed stock 4GB ram. With the pre-installed 4GB Ram the Macbook pro took around 1 minute 20 seconds to boot up and now with the upgraded 16GB ram it takes roughly 55 seconds. Web browsing experience is much more snappy. Pages open instantly and scrolling through content is seamless. In theory those using demanding editing software multi-tasking should be more than adequate with 16GB ram. I use my Mac for web browsing and media consumption so do not really put the Mac under real stress.One thing to note is on the Apple website it says the max ram you can configure is 8GB for this model, however rest assured this Crucial ram kit works faultlessly without any issues. The installation of the ram itself is simple. I went on Youtube to watch how it's done and it is very easy. You have to fiddle with the second ram slot a little but apart from that anyone can upgrade the ram on the Mid 2012 Macbook Pro. To conclude, I highly recommend anyone who is considering upgrading their ram, especially those who have 4GB ram. It makes your Mac more snappier and also brings it up to modern standard. I managed to get the Crucial ram kit for £57.98 with postage and packaging included and is worth every penny. Next thing on my to-do list is to upgrade my hard drive to a SSD which will make my Mac a beast and wont need to buy another laptop for years.
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24.9.2017

NOTE: I already upgraded my CPU from the stock i3 to an i5 processor*, so my computer is now about as upgraded as it can be. Upgrading a CPU is possible with this model laptop as the CPU isn't soldered to the Mother Board. The reason I upped the ram is I was running out of ram regularly with heavy video editing projects (originally had 8GB of ram).I use Ubuntu Linux (16.04 64bit) and do not know how this ram would function on this computer if it were running Windows as I do not use Windows (and very happy that I don't)... although, I would guess that this ram would work fine.This is a very easy upgrade for most laptops...just check your specific model on the Crucial website to be sure you are ordering the correct ram modules for your specific model computer to avoid the hassle of getting incompatible ram modules ;)So far I have had no problems with these ram units, and everything worked perfectly when I booted up after installing them! I am using them in a Toshiba Satellite c855-s5355 Laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 and my System Monitor shows 15.6 GB of usable RAM out of the 16 GB installed (8GBx2)... I am a happy camper!*fyi... I installed the Intel Core i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz (2 cores/4 threads) which worked perfectly in my computer. However, I do not know if Windows 8 or 10 would have hiccuped with this upgrade... again, I use Linux, so it just worked in my case :)
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16.9.2017

Purchased in order to upgrade the RAM on my 3 year old Sony Vaio laptop, which was used for my Computer Science course at university. Initially I was skeptical on purchasing the 16GB kit, on further research this was the maximum memory that could be purchased for my laptop, so do check that beforehand. Use the Crucial System Scanner Tool (website) to check this out.After reading numerous reputable sources, I was left with the impression that memory should be purchased in pairs (as was the case here) what this means is, the memory that is currently installed on your laptop may be wasted, in my case 4GB of RAM. You can mix and match RAM brands, but its not advisable,there are the chancers in life that will disagree here.Most of you will be wondering, how it performs in terms of everyday applications. In other words is it worth upgrading from 4GB DDR3 to 16GB DDR3, in its simplest form I would say yes,certainly. YouTube loads much faster in terms of viewing HD 1080P content, I can have my banking tabs open, Skype and Microsoft Word all without any delays/lags. Previously with 4GB of RAM, there would be delays and my laptop would often struggle.For little over £100 its much cheaper than purchasing a new laptop, a good buy in my eyes.If you found my review helpful, please click the "Yes" button to state this so I know its been a help to someone. Thank you!
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12.1.2016

I've gone through a bit of an ordeal trying out several different kinds of memory modules in an aging ThinkPad T400 before I purchased these. The ones I had tried include Kingston, CSX, and other Crucial modules, all to no avail: none of them would work, resulting only in a beeping sound when turning the device on, and nothing on the screen.Crucial's customer support was kind enough to point me to these modules that are guaranteed to be compatible with my ThinkPad – they're, in fact, the same modules as the ones contained in the CT5311317 kit as suggested by Crucial's compatibility advisor tool on their site, the latter simply being their website-specific code for the same product. As it turns out,while other Crucial modules match these 100% when you look at the specs, they're not actually a perfect match: my laptop needed low-density memory in order to work, and that detail is not included in any specification! Make sure to double-check with Crucial's tech support if in doubt, they have a handy chat tool for that purpose.Instead of ordering directly from them, I went with Amazon, and got the product both cheaper and faster. And it works! Booting into Windows this time was effortless, and it feels like I've gotten a new machine. The modules come properly packaged in their respective plastic cases each, and are well-protected.
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29.5.2020

This is to let everybody know that this ram is perfectly compatible with Dell Inspiron 15 3531 running with processor Intel Celeron N2830 and hard disk 500GB. I spent months to find out how to go from 4GB ram to 8GB ram. Checked out Intel files about the processor, tried to find motherboard specs. Almost all the vendors told me that it was not possible, that I had to stick with 4GB, no options to upgrade. Well, it was untrue. This 8GB ram is working amazingly, the values taken from Task Manager are extremely low, the use of the disk turns from 98% to 12% and the overall performance of the laptop is greatest than it has ever been before. Just use some commonsense when installing: clean the working area,if possible do it on a wood table without any electric appliance on it. Turn off the laptop, take the battery out, press the power button for at least 15 secs to drain all the circuits from any energy residues. Open the panel, wash your hands (yes, you know that!) and do not touch the golden pins both of the old and the new ram. That's it. A relatively small investment to gain a new, powerful laptop.
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26.9.2018

I recently bought the new TS-251B NAS drive which came with 4GB as the highest RAM configuration but is upgradeable to 8GB officially (16GB unofficially as claimed by many other QNAP users). Since I got a 4GB version of the NAS I wanted to upgrade to 8GB so as to run virtualisation of Windows 10 on the NAS without performance problems. I found the Crucial 4GB DDR3L (Low voltage i.e. 1.35v) 1866MHz, to be compatible and also great value for money. The module recommended by QNAP costs around 80 quid plus shipping whereas this cost me 32 quid on prime next day delivery. I had done some research on other sites and Crucial was highly recommended. The installation completed in a few minutes and the NAS was upgraded to 7.7GB of real usable space.I've been using this module for over two days now and so far have seen no problems. The NAS resource monitor has not reported any issues with memory or performance therein. Everything now is a lot quicker including the web frontend. I would highly recommend this module for QNAP NAS upgrade but do check the RAM type compatibility with your NAS model.
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13.2.2017

So, trying to speed up my mid 2012 MacBook Pro - - I've got two choices, get a new one, or upgrade the two components that people say make the biggest difference. A new MacBook is biggish money, when it might not be needed, so I thought I'd give it a go + try to fit the bits myself. After getting rid every program that I didn't need or hadn't used for ages, and clearing just about everything off my desktop (this made quite a difference to restart & stability) I slotted in 16gb of Crucial ram and a 500gb Crucial SSD (a couple of screws and a SATA plug). The improvement is astounding. I could say this is like getting my MacBook back to new, but that wouldn't be right, my MacBook was never this fast as new!Restart was about 5 or 6 mins. Had a clearout - restart 2mins 20secs. Fitted Crucial bits - restart 22secs! Open a photo in (closed) CS6 in 6secs. Speed everywhere, internet, file/folder opening, running programs, shutdown, Wi-Fi connecting etc.etc. Very Pleased. Money well spent. Result.
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28.10.2014

It took me hours to find the right module for my Mac Mini (late 2012). Most of the modules available on Amazon are sold in pairs (2x4GB, 2x4GB). What I was looking is just one 8GB module to get me through a few tasks I need to get done now and later ( probably after Christmas), add another module.I installed it on top of existing module so now I have 10GB of memory (1x2GB and 1x8GB) Apple recommends not to mix different modules but I can tell you my mac mini runs perfectly with them. I even ran every memory test I found and all came out OK.With OS X Yosemite: I can tell you the memory came just like a blessing. Everything runs better and faster, It starts quicker, the apps launch faster,switching through different spaces is much more smooth and faster. Even encoding videos are 2x faster than before.If your'e on a budget, get this module for your Mac Mini. You won't be disappointed.
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24.5.2018

Purchased this memory upgrade for my mid-2012 MacBook Pro (13”). It was showing its ages, taking an age to start-up, and being particularly slow when opening applications.I was on the verge of buying a new MacBook, but the very high prices, inability to replace components (I believe they are all soldered in place) and lacklustre reviews put me off. So I researched how to improve the speed, and found it was very easy to increase the RAM. I had 4gb originally, and decided to go for 16gb (Apple recommend a max of 8gb, but again research told me that it could easily handle 16gb). It has completely revamped my MacBook, it starts up in about 25 seconds now (compared to about 4 minutes previously),and opening applications takes roughly 3 seconds.I think this has probably added about 2 years to the life of my machine, and saved me thousands on an upgrade for the time being.
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18.4.2016

Bought the RAM chips for Lenovo Thinkpad X230, Yes I could have got CAS 9 RAM chips I've also used which were 1.5 volt for slightly better performance, these are slower CAS 11, but thought having RAM chips that would also run at 1.35 volts in case I get a device running either a 4th or 5th gen i-Core laptop processor would be more useful than having an extra 1-2% additional performance.16GB means I have a 1Gb RAM drive - to speed up web browsing, and to point a small swapfile (256MB) to it. Very useful for using virtual machines having the additional RAM.Can't fault the price, although it has since gone up slightly.Very reliable RAM - RAM chips labelled as 1.35 volt DDR3L but clearly can run at 1.5 volts and have for the combined total of a number of days now.CPU-ID indicates this RAM chip can run at both voltages.
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19.12.2018

Installed into a Synology DS216+II to upgrade the RAM from 1GB to 8GB, no real need to i just wanted to do it and it gave the server a little extra RAM if it needs it.The RAM arrives well packaged and a plastic shroud to cover the RAM and put the old piece into. It installed perfectly fine, though you'll probably want to follow a guide if you're taking apart the Synology DS216+II, it's not hard you just have to be careful not to damage anything, i believe doing so will void your warranty.The RAM has been working perfectly fine in the server, on 24/7 for around 2 months now and i'm happy to give it a great overall review.I would be happier if the price of the RAM was cheaper given i've been looking at this module now for around a year and the price has never really moved so i would purchase it on a sale like i did.
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