cheap ram worth price?

[jak]

is it worth $19 bucks for 128mb generic ram? w/ lifetime warrenty? i think i should get one. think its worth the price, will it last? pc133 non ecc, or will it be ****

[GroundZero3]

do you know if its case 2 or case 3? usually with generic ram will not take overclocking very well


Jason

[jak]

well i was planning on building a tbird system soon, should i jsut wait and get ddr ram for the speed? is there that big a diff. between 133 and ddr 266?

doesnt say besides im not palnning on o'cing anyways



[This message has been edited by jak (edited 06-06-2001).]

[spidey_joe80@hotmail.com]

theres not that much of a difference. but the new amd chip will use ddr more efficiantly i hear. on pricewatch 128 mb of pc133 ram is 18 plus 10 shipping thats zues components. The next name brand would be miron @ 20 plus 10.50 shipping get one of those, same price as your generic ram.

[jak]

well should i get those? or should i wait for the new processor and board before upgrading to get new components? it'll be a while till i get all the money for a new system

[Goldwingnut]

What's your data worth?

If your computer goes toes up just before you save the document you spent all night typing, will you just smile and say "Fecal material meterializes", or will you be up on the roof with the Magnum, taking out your frustrations?

The question shouldn't be whether it lasts, but whether it can be trusted.

If you spend a little more for name brand memory, you may never know if you made a wise choice. because it may never let you down.

If you get "cheap and darn well worth it", you may find out in a very infuriating, frustrating and destructive way.

Then, when you have dealt with the damage, you'll go out and buy the Corsair memory you should have bought in the first place.

[jak]

ok ill buy name brand but the ? now is should i get mem. now or should i wait and get ddr for the new amd later? now or later is the ?

[Richard_Cranium72]

Buy what you need WHEN you need it.

Playing the waiting game is OK, but if you are planning to use it now, later don't count.

I've run Simple Technologies, Kingston, PNY, Crucial, and some generic stuff with names like Toshiba, Micron, and other Japanese Mfg names on them.

I've never had any bad, not to say there ain't any, I just haven't found it yet..

The older 72 pin stuff seemed more picky to me, like mistaking FPM for EDO, this caused major problems on a Compuke..

Try these for RAM
http://www.crucial.com/webpromo/

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/category.asp?loc=218

DrVette

[spidey_joe80@hotmail.com]

also the new athlon isnt gonna be released until sometime is november i think anyway since your gona save up for the comp anyway when you got the money then you need to makew the desicion.

[jak]

is ddr ram backwards compatible w/ 100mhz? this way i can purchase ddr and still use it in the future

[Bovon]

jak... You are not confusing DDR with SDRAM are you?...they are two totally different types of RAM. SDRAM will not work in a DDR board, and DDR RAM will not work in an SDRAM board. For one thing, the scokets are different.

Crucial has free FedEx shipping at the present, so that should take the edge of of the low Price Watch prices.

128MB SDRAM, PC100 • CL=2 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 8ns • 3.3V • 16Meg x 64 CT16M64S4D8E $28.04

Be aware that not all older boards will work with PC133, even tho the ram is backwards compatable, some older mainboard chipsets are not fowards compatable. I have one of these.

[jak]

no i wasnt mixing hte 2 up, i just didnt know much bout ddr. well now that thats established how can u tell which mobos support ddr, epox 8kta3 for instance?
jak

[mfbf]

http://www.epox.com/html/english/default.htm

[zskillz]

dood, i don't think it makes any difference at all... I've built plenty of systems, and I can't tell any difference when I use good memory or cheapo memory

buy the cheap stuff!

-Z

[Hellmund]

If you can afford the higher quality ram then go for it, it's guaranteed to be reliable and almost all o/c very well. Some generic RAM is very good but for the most part it runs slow, it can hardly take any o/cing, they don't tend to live more than a few years either, my mate lost two modules recently taking him from 96mb to 32mb, he now has two of my modules as replacements until he get's more which doesn't look likely to happen any time soon. Generic Ram is a lucky dip, Name brand is guaranteed. Get some crucial ram, it's very cheap right now, if I ordered it from the US to Aus it's cheaper than buying generic right here.

[codybear]

crucial is only $10 more with free second day shipping

128MB SDRAM, PC100 • CL=2 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 8ns • 3.3V • 16Meg x 64 CT16M64S4D8E $32.99 $29.69

[Iceman896]

Hi. Yeah i think it is definetly worth the money. the price difference isn't that drastic now, i would buy a crucial like some other people said. The shipping is free so thats a plus. They also carry some of the highest quality ram around. You don't want to get ram that will go bad or give you errors when you are working on a project or something. Its worth the extra couple of bucks. Go for it

[wyvrn]

Buy good quality ram or the lower end quality of a name brand and you should be safe with their warranty.

[arjay13]

The cheap RAM is NOT worth the headaches. You may get lucky and not have it fail but it may flake out on you at a crucial moment. I blew three days troubleshooting a PC that was experiencing many seemingly random problems. It was the ram - brand new right out of the package generic ram. I bought a new stick from Crucial and the PC was fine. I ALWAYS recommend that my customers purchase name brand ram from a reputable source such as Crucial. The cheap stuff is not worth the hassle.

[Mitchell]

If its a matter of a few bucks either way, it would seen to make "cents" to me to get the better quality. I also have never found a "bad" stick of generic, but I'm probably just lucky. Ive always bought what I needed wehn I needed it and typically buy the one up from the cheapest - whomever that was. If the stick you're looking at is $13.00, what's the next one up? That's the one I'd get...