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 Posted: Sat, 14th May 2005 02:04 Post subject: RAM Brand |
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I am thinking of upgrading my RAM. I have RAMBUS RDRAM PC800 512MB and would like to upgrade it to 1GB. I would like to know if the brand names make a difference or are they all the same.
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Rofl_Mao
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| Posted: Sat, 14th May 2005 08:27 Post subject: |
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Most brands of RAM are of good quality. The main difference between brand and OEM (brandless) RAM is the content of the SPD, a tiny chip which contains the values for the latencies. OEM manufacturers are famous for writing incorrect values to the SPD  , which will result in random system crashes, failures to boot and BSODs 
I've always used cheapass TwinMOS modules, and those never gave me any trouble  Some brands, like Kingston, offer lifetime warranty.
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ollax
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| Posted: Sat, 14th May 2005 11:56 Post subject: |
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I always go for the best! Such as Corsair or OCZ. They are expensive they but offer a service unmatched by other makers.
A friend of mine fried one of his corsair sticks and posted the problem in their forum, they gave him an adress in California and he sent it there. Two weeks later a fedex guy knocked on his door with a brand new stick and a letter of appology for the inconvineance. Thats service for ya;-)
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| Posted: Sat, 14th May 2005 15:59 Post subject: |
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| Steve-O 2004 wrote: | I got the cheapest Ram Possible and have had NO problems at all  |
What latency have they got?
Expensive rams are 99% of the time much faster!
You get what you pay for, its as simple as that!
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| Posted: Sun, 15th May 2005 11:40 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 15th May 2005 19:33 Post subject: |
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| Steve-O 2004 wrote: | apparently its 2.5ns but How can you actaully test this yourself ??? Even with expensive branded stuff thats 2.5ns might not actaully be 2.5ns... Or is there a way of testing this, it would be great to find out if it realy is  |
Download CPU-Z it gives you a lot of information!
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