Purchasing a new Mac Mini with 6 cores and 512 SSD. Want to replace RAM myself. Is there a toolkit and RAM you recommend other than Apple RAM?
I recommend Crucial memory. Used it for many years at my company.
And I purchased my tools from Ifixit.
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Thank you WayneG! That is what I thought and it’s awesome to have someone help to verify one’s thinking. MPU community FTW (again).
Probably can’t go wrong with iFixit, but if you wanted another option, I would also recommend OWC/MacSales.
They sell DIY kits and also have a service that you can send them your Mac mini and have them upgrade it for you. I’ve used their service for upgrading my ~2012 Mac mini because when it comes to hardware upgrades I am all left-handed thumbs. They did a quick job of it, and whatever I paid felt completely worth it… and obviously tons cheaper than Apple.
FWIW.
I purchased this OWC memory kit for mine https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MP3Y8QN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (you can purchase it from OWC directly or Amazon.)
iFixit tools are definitely the way to go for any DIY upgrades, repairs, etc. I use this one would highly recommend it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GF0KV6G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1