Bad or good RAM
Hi Group, As I'm about to upgrade my hardware with a completely new motherboard, CPU and RAM, the different prices of RAM has made me wonder weather there's a difference between the producers of RAM.
Hi Group,
As I'm about to upgrade my hardware with a completely new motherboard, CPU and RAM, the different prices of RAM has made me wonder weather there's a difference between the producers of RAM.
Kingston has for me allways seemed like a quality-brand, but is it?? And how about Apacer?? How's theirs DDR-modules?? And what about Samsung?? Is that a producer of RAM that should stick to making TV's!!!
Looking forward in some constructive and usefull replies...
Best regards
Kasper.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
As I'm about to upgrade my hardware with a completely new motherboard, CPU and RAM, the different prices of RAM has made me wonder weather there's a difference between the producers of RAM.
Kingston has for me allways seemed like a quality-brand, but is it?? And how about Apacer?? How's theirs DDR-modules?? And what about Samsung?? Is that a producer of RAM that should stick to making TV's!!!
Looking forward in some constructive and usefull replies...
Best regards
Kasper.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
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For SDRAM I will only buy Crucial.
For RDRAM I will only buy Samsung.
The above manufacturers have proved themselves to me as making very reliable memory modules (0% fail rate on those two).
They have also shown that their memory is very over-clockable if that's your thing.
For RDRAM I will only buy Samsung.
The above manufacturers have proved themselves to me as making very reliable memory modules (0% fail rate on those two).
They have also shown that their memory is very over-clockable if that's your thing.
Hi Bladerunner,
Thanks for your reply. But how's Samsung and Crucial when it comes to DDR-modules?? When I look at the prices here in DK, they are as follows for one 256 MB DDR-module:
Apacer : $96
Corsair : $132
Crucial : $135
Hyundai : $99
Kingston : $98
Samsung : $84
PQI, Veritech, Simple Technology were also among, but I thought these 6 were enough... ;o)
But as you see the Crucial and Corsair is more than 50% more expensive than Samsung - does that indicate a overprice for Crucial and Corsair, or does that indicates that Samsung is crap... no effence... ;o)
Best regards
Kasper
Copenhagen, Denmark
Thanks for your reply. But how's Samsung and Crucial when it comes to DDR-modules?? When I look at the prices here in DK, they are as follows for one 256 MB DDR-module:
Apacer : $96
Corsair : $132
Crucial : $135
Hyundai : $99
Kingston : $98
Samsung : $84
PQI, Veritech, Simple Technology were also among, but I thought these 6 were enough... ;o)
But as you see the Crucial and Corsair is more than 50% more expensive than Samsung - does that indicate a overprice for Crucial and Corsair, or does that indicates that Samsung is crap... no effence... ;o)
Best regards
Kasper
Copenhagen, Denmark
What a coincidence; so do I.
Well, when it comes to DDR-RAM I've only actually built one PC based around it.
As I'd had so much luck with both Samsung & Crucial for the other types I decided on one of those for DDR, picked Crucial because I could order directly from with free delivery.
To be honest, no memory is 'crap' but some seems to be better than others.
The majority of non-branded memory out there is still 'Major on third' (Major manufacturer chips on third party pcb's).
Kingston is always a name I too associate with good quality, however the Kingston RIMM's I purchased couldn't be over-clocked at all.
The Samsung ones are running in my system on a 110mhz FSB rock-solid.
As a rule you get what you pay for.
With memory you tend to find a manufacturer you like and then stick with them.
As I'd had so much luck with both Samsung & Crucial for the other types I decided on one of those for DDR, picked Crucial because I could order directly from with free delivery.
To be honest, no memory is 'crap' but some seems to be better than others.
The majority of non-branded memory out there is still 'Major on third' (Major manufacturer chips on third party pcb's).
Kingston is always a name I too associate with good quality, however the Kingston RIMM's I purchased couldn't be over-clocked at all.
The Samsung ones are running in my system on a 110mhz FSB rock-solid.
As a rule you get what you pay for.
With memory you tend to find a manufacturer you like and then stick with them.
As far as DDR goes, I have used two different brands than anybody has talked about.
Kingmax PC2100 256mg 2 sticks each
OCZ PC2700 256mg 2 sticks each
The Kingmax DDR was very stable, I just wanted to upgrade to PC2700 OCZ for further overclockability with my P4 setup. My only gripe about the OCZ ram is the fact that in my BIOS I had to set all my ram timings to "by spd" which didn't affect performance becuase it choose the best settings anyway.
Kingmax PC2100 256mg 2 sticks each
OCZ PC2700 256mg 2 sticks each
The Kingmax DDR was very stable, I just wanted to upgrade to PC2700 OCZ for further overclockability with my P4 setup. My only gripe about the OCZ ram is the fact that in my BIOS I had to set all my ram timings to "by spd" which didn't affect performance becuase it choose the best settings anyway.
