Can I insert 16Gb RAM into MacBook Pro early 2011?

Can I insert 16Gb RAM into MacBook Pro early 2011? Apple says that I can upgrade my RAM from 4GB to 8GB (2x4GB RAMs). Is it possible to install 2x8GB DDR3 SoDIMM 1333MHz cards into my Mac?
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bert [Entry]

"Yes.

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bert [Entry]

"Will it work?

Yes.

Is it a total waste if you still have a spinning hard drive?

ABSOLUTELY!

Get an SSD, then RAM. I would rather have an SSD and 2 GB of RAM than a hard drive and 20 GB of RAM. As long as a computer is still using a hard drive, it is broken, as far as I am concerned, and miserably unusable."

bert [Entry]

"I have a early 2011 macbook pro 15"" 2.0Ghz and I installed 2 8GB Corsair modules and it recognizes and works.

But I have not, at all, noticed any improvement in the performance :-(

I think If you upgrade to 8GB will do the trick..

In a few machines it just won't use all of it. I don't know, maybe it did and I haven't noticed."

bert [Entry]

Yes it's possible. Only be careful with the brands. Not all brands will work perfectly. I had some cheapo's working perfectly and had some not working at all.

bert [Entry]

my MBP2011 runs very well after installing 16GB Rams and Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB. It only takes like 14secs to open the display page. Worth the upgrade and your MBP feels like a newer computer.

bert [Entry]

"For all of your wanting to upgrade to 16BG of RAM ... DON'T!

Why, not because the machine won't accept it, because it will and if you have a good brand it will work fine and recognize it, even though Apple has clearly stated that it 8Gb is the max.

However, most people believe that a slow computer is due to memory, which is a factor but upgrading to 16gigs is only going waste your money, 8GB is plenty unless you plan on running 5 virtual machines all at once, unlikely.

You might want to consider other factors like your graphics memory, in which you can upgrade because it is in the chipset, and harddrive speed. Sometime your graphic memory is overload, seeming how it is only 256MB compared to the 2.2GHz MacBook Pro (MC723LL/A) early 2011 version that has 1GB of graphics memory. Then you harddrive, it may be bombarded with so much data of music files and video files that it can't even find what your looking for in time.

Consider these before spending wasted money on Memory Upgrade. You really won't see a big different going to 16GB of RAM memory."