Best Quality Ram Brand?

[HiddenStupid]

What is the best quality ram brand?

If you have trouble decide.... feel free to vote randomly.

I bought PNY ram and it came with non-PNY brand inside. Will never deal with PNY again.

ps. whats the difference between Kingston and Kingston HyperX?

[zekrahminator]

I vote Mushkin. I put my 2x512MB kit through multiple systems, shipped it all across New England, overclocked it a bit, and it's never faltered. You can't argue with durable, consistent, and reliable power.

[panchoman]

lol, most memory chips are made by companies like micron, samsung, and elpidia. micron d9 is the best chip out there. brands like crucial and muskin contain pure micron d9's.

[T1GG4L4T0R]

i am gonna have to say patriot,i had 2 512mb of pc7200 sticks that would do 560mhz benchable.they were sooo reliable and i lent them out a few times and they worked in every board.

i have had crappy luck with crucial in my p5k-premium board,two lots of ballistix pc5300 going tits up in this board,but i know crucial is good stuff.

[ex_reven]

This isnt going to determine the best quality ram brands, only what most people own.

Example - Some memory is very popular in that generally it yields good overclocks etc. But not every user has the same experience with their memory.

[T1GG4L4T0R]

it will at least show the most popular brands.

[panchoman]

i've got patriots, great memory, but its a mix of micron d9's and elpidias, so i'd rather go with crucial since its pure micron d9. same with ocz.

[J-Man]

Ocz

[JacKz5o]

I say G.Skill. They overclock great and I very rarely hear someone talk about their G.Skill RAM going bad.

[ex_reven]

I say G.Skill. They overclock great and I very rarely hear someone talk about their G.Skill RAM going bad.

The packaging is also small, yet awesome :roll:

[Grings]

Cellshock, it's expensive though

[HiddenStupid]

Additional question.... what is the most expensive PC3200 ram?

[Kursah]

I say G.Skill. They overclock great and I very rarely hear someone talk about their G.Skill RAM going bad.

:toast:

I do agree, but I had a stick of DDR2-800 G.Skill go bad on me with this build, the RMA was quick and painless! And I recieved the second gen batch of the phu2-2gbHZ kit, never been happier! Does DDR1000, 4-4-4-12 @ 2.15v, and is memtest stable! Couldn't be happier!

My other system has cheap Mosel DDR400 1gb kit. Both kits have heatspreaders.

:rockout:

[Grings]

Additional question.... what is the most expensive PC3200 ram?

probably mushkin redline, if you can even find any now

[newtekie1]

Crucial has probably the best quality, IMO.

However, G.Skill is pretty much just as good and usually cheaper so all my machines have G.Skill in them right now.

[trt740]

Mushkin Redline

[Wile E]

I voted Crucial, but I also like G.skill. Currently running Crucial Ballistix in my system, so that's the only reason it got my vote.

[mitsirfishi]

i put my vote as G.skill as great quality and great overclocking

[intel igent]

OCZ 4 me

[Judas]

Mushkin gets my vote

[HookeyStreet]

I would say OCZ or G.Skill ;)

[largon]

Additional question.... what is the most expensive PC3200 ram?probably mushkin redline, if you can even find any now
Mushkin RedlineRedline?
Bah!

Mushkin Black Level II Hi Perf DDR3500
512MB/stick (not the "V2" or "special 2-2-2" stuff). Original Windond W942508BH-5 chips only.
The most coveted RAM ever. No competition.
http://img.techpowerup.org/071014/mushkin-pc3500-level2.gif
:respect:

[mitsirfishi]

ah good old bh5 :D top ddr stuff aswell as the samsung tccd they where great memory chips in there hayday

[Lt_JWS]

G.Skill :D

[mitsirfishi]

G.Skill :D

high 5 :D

[VulkanBros]

I would say Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance.....very good OC capabilities....

[Live OR Die]

Crucial :rockout:

[spud107]

ocz, i got greedy n got 2gb

[Fox34]

Kingston hyper X. The difference between the normal and hyper is the hyper is like a refined ram with way tighter timings and able to overclock higher. I got mine at 3-3-3-3 (check my specs) with an overclock. The stock on them is 2-2-2-5. And they are both running at like 212 per channel stock is ddr 333 so 166.

[KennyT772]

Crucial Most definatly the best. Owned by the chip producer, best they get the best chips micron produces. RMA is also top notch.

[Fox34]

What makes crucial so good?

[Solaris17]

G.Skill :D\

+1

[trt740]

What makes crucial so good?

They Crucial owns Micron but that doesn't mean they are the best . Mushkin is the best ram performance company, but Crucial is good aswell. The difference is Mushkin will only take the top performers and return the rest .Where thats not so with many companies. However Mushkin is exspensive. Gskill also has good ram but has not until recently been a very good company. As long as you get Micron chips for now your set with almost any company.

[mab1376]

i have never had crucial fail on me ever!! my ballistix pc2-6400 running at 900MHz 4-4-4-12 2.4v

i've also heard nothing but good things about mushkin.

probably my next system i'll give them a try.

[mitsirfishi]

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8923/hzsfc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


this is what the G.Skill hz's are capible of doing so pretty quick for ddr2 i would say :D

[panchoman]

im suprised that g skill got more votes then ocz...

[mitsirfishi]

its because gskill own ;)

[panchoman]

true, but isn't ocz more common?

[mitsirfishi]

certainly alot more commen but owning stuff which is harder to come across but yet is better always is a good one in the ole archives :D

[JC316]

I love Corsair. I have dealt with them several times and they always do me right.

[niko084]

I say crucial because they always have good chips on the sticks. Most other companies you don't know what you are going to get, and a lot of the what used to be good companies are getting questionable in their lower end.

[Urbklr]

Yea...as the poll says...Crucial Ballistx are the BEST ram period. IMO

[panchoman]

Yea...as the poll says...Crucial Ballistx are the BEST ram period. IMO

agreed, ditto +1

[niko084]

Yea...as the poll says...Crucial Ballistx are the BEST ram period. IMO

Yea.... Price is great, Micron chips.... Clocks like crazy, rock solid.

Honestly I like the way it looks too, its not plain and boring, and not "overkill"

As funny as it is, who needs water cooled ram?

[Urbklr]

yea...they dont get that hot in the first place. Ballistx Tracers FTW!!

[panchoman]

Screw Tracers. Crucial Lanfest Ram Ftw!!!!!!!!!!!:rockout::rockout::rockout:

[3991vhtes]

Corsair.

[ktr]

cheap ass memory ftw!

[panchoman]

cheap ass memory ftw!

aka crucial lanfest memory :rockout::rockout::rockout:

[3991vhtes]

cheap ass memory ftw!

you get what u pay for w/ cheap ass memory

[niko084]

you get what u pay for w/ cheap ass memory

You mean the 800 wont do 1200 @ 2.2 4-4-4-12 like mine?
That would be the exact problem though, the cheaper ram will not clock as well and stay stable.

[3991vhtes]

I'm a strong believer in that saying.

[PVTCaboose1337]

I like G.Skill, but know Crucial is high quality... I voted G.Skill.

[Sasqui]

If GeiL was on the list I would have voted that. I have Corsair now, it's solid as a rock, so I vote :)

[T-Frost]

Corsair runs problem free.. 2 X 512 XMS Pro pc3200 ddr
http://img.techpowerup.org/071021/Mine2007.jpg
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=244891

[p_o_s_pc]

You didn't put Geil on the list.

[mitsirfishi]

i use to have some geil stuff which use to run ddr550 at 2.5-3-3-6 it was rapid ram in the day cost a arm and a leg but seriously quick with my 939 setup

[p_o_s_pc]

not only is there ram good but there customer service is also good

[mitsirfishi]

yes crucial's rma service is pukka and meny other companys are so

[Fox34]

I always just deal with neweggs customer service which is incredible

[vexen]

mushkin for the DDR500 redline, for DDR2 i'm not sure :)

[Zedicus]

OCZ, period.
i find it hard to believe peeple r putting g.skill up there with the likes of ocz,crucial,corsair, and mushkin. ive had more g.skill arrive dead, or die after hours of use then all other brands of memory combined. i would take house brand memory over g.skill, and prefer things like patriot, and a-data if its for a budget computer.

[Wile E]

OCZ, period.
i find it hard to believe peeple r putting g.skill up there with the likes of ocz,crucial,corsair, and mushkin. ive had more g.skill arrive dead, or die after hours of use then all other brands of memory combined. i would take house brand memory over g.skill, and prefer things like patriot, and a-data if its for a budget computer.Well, people pick G.Skill because they are a good brand. You're problems only account for one person's experience (obviously). That's not a very large sample set.

Personally, OCZ and Corsair have given me more problems that any other memory I've ever used (and I've used a lot. I have an upgrade addiction. lol) I'll never buy another set of OCZ or Corsair ever again.

[Zedicus]

actually im a pc and laptop repair tech, if you go through, test and install 100 pieces of ram a yr i would b suprised. we go through 1000 or so a yr. not to mention i run an after hours shop too.

[imperialreign]

I just have to say, out of all the different brands I've used over the years (until a coupla of months ago it was all DDR and older types), the DDR2 I bought when I got my new mobo I've been very, very happy with. Contrary to what many people claim, I've never had any problems with PNY equipment, and this 2GB set of DDR2 is no different.

Maybe it's just their upper end components that don't seem to have problems (that's all I've tended to buy from PNY). But, the PNY XLR8 has been very good to me so far . . . I haven't had any problems with any timings I've thrown at it, speeds, or voltages. I've run the sticks stable at the tightest settings possible of 3-3-3-4-2 @ 1.9v, although I keep them at 4-4-4-12-5 @ 1.95v. These sticks seem to prefer higher BUS speeds, though, over tighter timings.




. . . but, all that being said, I'm not going to cast a vote for PNY, simply because it seems that there are too many people out there that have had problems with their hardware, and without the poll specifying the PNY XLR8s . . . otherwise, for $150, IMO they very decent sticks.

[Wile E]

actually im a pc and laptop repair tech, if you go through, test and install 100 pieces of ram a yr i would b suprised. we go through 1000 or so a yr. not to mention i run an after hours shop too.Well, you got me beat there. I've probably made my way thru about a dozen kits in the past 2 years, plus a few instances of working on friends and family PCs.

So far, only OCZ and Corsair problems on this end. Had good luck with Kingston, too, but I find it a little overpriced, imo.

But either way, I doubt G.Skill would have made such a name for itself if it wasn't a quality brand.