RAM brand makes a difference?

  • Thread starter RobcioPL
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I'd stay away from brands of RAM that you've never heard of. However, I have 1 Gig PC3200 DDR 400 and 512 MB PC2700 DRR 333 RAM from PNY running in my main desktop and my Linux machine and haven't had any problems whatsoever.
 
Crucial generally costs a little bit more than others, but I haven’t heard anybody complain about their RAM, ever, and they have an awesome web application for figuring out which RAM to buy for your computer. We have a 1 gig stick in this computer that has worked flawlessly.
 
I don't see why one brand would be better over another--I always have bought whatever's cheapest.

But you would be better served to listen to someone else, probably.
 
Kingston used to always be good back in the day. A lot of the Name Brand ram is Samsung (or so I'm told). If you doing dual channel, try matching brands and even mfg lots.

:cheers:
 
I don't think it matters what brand the memory is. The most important thing is to look what type of modules are on the DIMM. Samsung's TCCD modules are the standard and most brands use these chips. Also, you might find Winbond's BH-5 or CH-5 modules. The BH-5 is known for legendary overclocks. Any of these chips are great and I would suggest staying away from any others.

If you must go by brand names, as long as you mentally recognize the name, it should be OK.
 
Kingston do some very nice RAM, their RAM is good value and has decent overclocking potential.

If you want to overclock your RAM I would suggest G.Skill which has the best OC potential. OCZ's Platinum and Gold type RAM is excellent and Geil ram has a good logevity.

Corsiar RAM on the whole has excellent timings.
 
Here's the ram I've used and had 0 problems with:
Patriot (**Best performer**)
OCZ
Kingston
Mushkin
Toxic
Corsair (**Worst performer**)
 

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