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extra memory check opened up 2013 Mac Pro that sounds like Darth Vader check let's upgrade some RAM today's video is made possible by Squarespace hey guys johnathan here TLD thank you guys very much for the awesome feedback on my late 2013 Mac Pro unboxing if you guys did happen to miss that I'll have it linked right below that thumbs up button and also annotate it right here just in case you have those turned on so first and foremost the late 2013 Mac Pro has four upgradable memory slots which maxes out at 64 gigabytes and uses 1866 megahertz ddr3 ECC memory modules Before we jump into the actual upgrade process I want to take a look at the actual configuration options from Apple just to give you guys a look at some of your options the baseline quad-core model comes stock with 12 gigabytes of RAM you can bump that up for an extra hundred to fill in that extra slot at 16 gigabytes you can jump up to 32 for an extra 500 and you can max that sucker out with 64 for an extra 1,300 George Washington's now jumping over to these six core model this is going to come stock with 16 gigs of ram so four four four and four it's going to max out your slots you can bump that up to 32 for an extra 400 or you can max it out at 64 for an extra $1200 now if you're going to a third party you want to upgrade yourself and save a little bit of money the going rate right now is about 440 to 414 gigabyte sticks is for $39.99 and then jump it over to Mac multi carry Axium memory so again - 16 gigabyte sticks for 449 and actually pick these ones up simply because they had them at my local Mac moment where I was able to find the Mac Pro in stock now o WC is also another brand that I've always had a good experience with but if you look here for 32 gigs you're looking at for 8 gigabyte stick so this is actually going to max out every slot in your Mac Pro as opposed to if you went with crucial or axiom those two are going to lead to open slots and the ability to upgrade down the road if you desire this also brings me to another point when you are configuring your Mac Pro let's say you're going up to 32 gigs you say it's 400 bucks not really saving that much money going third-party same thing with the quad-core model 32 gig is going to cost you an extra 500 so maybe you're only saving 50 bucks if you go third-party but again just like the o WC modules these are for 8 so you're filling out every single slot as opposed to the crucial or the axiom you're going to leave two slots open and the ability to upgrade down the road if you want to now price and of course it does fluctuate it goes up it goes down and actually the same crucial care for 439 I actually found on Amazon for 391 51 at the time of this video so if you went ahead and bought two of these kits you're looking at 64 gigabytes for under 800 bucks as opposed to the 1200 on the six core or 1300 on the quad core model and of course for the cheapest and most up-to-date pricing make sure you guys check out the links I have posted below so the first thing we're going to do is make sure the Mac Pro is powered down and then unplugged will then go ahead and make sure the lock on the back is slid to the unlock state and from there we can go to begin to take the casing off of the Mac Pro to annabelle the insides now on the left and the right of the ins and the outs you can see we have four memory slots two on each side and on top there's going to be a little button right here that we're going to go and kind of push open that's going to release the RAM modules now once we have both sides open we're actually gonna remove every single module that is currently in there we actually note on crutial website it says installation of 16 gigabyte modules requires all previous lower-density modules to be removed you cannot mix registered and unbuffered memory in the same system now me of course because that is what i do i tried it anyways this is actually what happens if you mix the modules so as you can see that as sadface jpg and the mac pro is kind of screaming at you do not mix the RAM modules take them out of me now I know I kind of skipped ahead but I just wanted to forewarn you just in case anybody want to try that jumping back into the actual installation part now that we have everything empty I'm actually going to use only the first two slots since I have two 16 gigabyte sticks so I found that it's easiest to install the one closest to the inside first so we're going to pop that in there don't be afraid to give it a little force we're going to look for a little click just to make sure we know it's in there once the second stick is in there we can go and lock everything up now if you had extra sticks and you were going to max out the Mac Pro obviously would repeat the same process on the other side but for me I only have two slots to fill in so I'm going to go to lock up the empty three and four slots on the right and from there we can go ahead and close up the Mac Pro plug everything in and power it on now from there we're pretty much done and ready to go all we have to do now once the Mac Pro is powered on is head up to the top left hand corner to the Apple logo click about this Mac and you should be able to see the correct amount of memory now installed into your Mac Pro you can head over to the more info tab and from there we can go to the memory section you can see in this case we have 16 16 and slots of 1 & 2 and I have slots 3 & 4 empty and open for future upgrades down the road so that about wraps it up thank you guys very much for watching this video hopefully you enjoyed it hopefully you found it helpful if you did and you are feeling like being awesome as always a thumbs up is much appreciated now before I hop out of here I want to give a huge shout out to Squarespace for making this video possible now if you guys aren't aware Squarespace is one of the quickest and easiest ways to set up your own website so if you're looking to set up your own tech blog or 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general hit me up with a comment down below the absolute best way to get a hold of me is on twitter at TLD today that is linked down below along with google+ Facebook and the gear that I use to make these videos again this is Jonathan with TLD and I'll see you guys very soon with some more 2013 Mac Pro coverage you