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Crucial 34 33.66%
Corsair 12 11.88%
Kingston 6 5.94%
Mushkin 9 8.91%
OCZ 15 14.85%
G.Skill 16 15.84%
Buffalo 1 0.99%
Kingmax 0 0%
PNY 0 0%
Super Talent 1 0.99%
A-DATA 0 0%
Patriot Memory 2 1.98%
PQI 0 0%
Rosewill 0 0%
Transcend 0 0%
Wintec Industries 1 0.99%
Other... name it 4 3.96%
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 12:00 AM   #1
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Best Quality Ram Brand?

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?

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Old Oct 14, 2007, 12:13 AM   #2
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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.
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 12:13 AM   #3
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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.
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 12:46 AM   #4
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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.
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 12:58 AM   #5
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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.
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 01:00 AM   #6
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it will at least show the most popular brands.
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 01:27 AM   #7
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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.
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I say G.Skill. They overclock great and I very rarely hear someone talk about their G.Skill RAM going bad.
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Additional question.... what is the most expensive PC3200 ram?
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I say G.Skill. They overclock great and I very rarely hear someone talk about their G.Skill RAM going bad.


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.

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probably mushkin redline, if you can even find any now
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 03:28 AM   #15
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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.
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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.
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i put my vote as G.skill as great quality and great overclocking
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Old Oct 14, 2007, 06:18 PM   #21
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I would say OCZ or G.Skill
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probably mushkin redline, if you can even find any now
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Redline?
Bah!

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512MB/stick (not the "V2" or "special 2-2-2" stuff). Original Windond W942508BH-5 chips only.
The most coveted RAM ever. No competition.

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