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just curious what is the best name brand ram out there?. im thinking that the best ones are corsair, ocz, and kingston. im looking into buying some ram so i just wanted to know what your opinions are. im leaning towards corsair but im not too sure so im asking which ones should i get thats best for my motherboard (a8n sli premium).
I am running 4 - 512MB or the Kingston Hperix in dual channel @ 400/ cl.2/ 1T.
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There are plenty of decent brands available these days. Most of manufacturers don't actually make the memory chips, they just assemble the RAM modules. The chips are made by companies like Hynix, Infineon, Nanya, NEC, Micron, Samsung, etc.
Some of the more common memory brands are A-Data, Corsair, Crucial, Geil, Kingston, Mushkin, Patriot, OCZ, PNY, PQI, Super Talent...& there are plenty more.
Just make sure to get RAM that fits the specs you need/want (for example, 1GB PC3200 CL2.5) & has a lifetime warranty.
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I believe all chips are manufactured in China - just like all OEM PCs, the vitamins we pop in our mouth, the food we feed to our pets, the toothpaste we use to brush our teeth, the clothes we wear .. anything & everything including the coffin we will sleep in at the end of our life.
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If you are not into overclocking or any other sort of enthusiast PC exercise some Value RAM should be good enough for the system.
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i plan to overclock my computer sometime later on so thats why im asking what are some good or the best name brand ram.
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I always buy the cheapest stuff in the shop. I've never had a problem, even mixed two cheap brands to run in dual channel without probs. Only difference is sometimes the timings are relatively slow. Hardly ever a noticeable difference in the real world anyway.
I think that unless you are really wanting to make a premium PC, more expensive brand name memory is a waste of money. Most of the time the generic stuff will do the same job cheaper.
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Sorry, I didn't catch your last post there. Generic RAM is actually probably not so good for over clocking.. heh. WOW my post is completely useless now.. enjoy.Mattwizz3 :
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"i plan to overclock my computer sometime later on so"
You don't necessarily have to overclock the RAM when overclocking an A64 system because there's no FSB to stay in sync with.
One very common overclock is to simply raise the CPU freq from 200MHz to 250MHz, lower the HT multi from 5x to 4x, & lower the RAM setting from DDR400 to DDR333. The result is the CPU will run 25% faster than stock, the HT bus will remain at 1000MHz, & the RAM will run at approx 208MHz. You should be able to accomplish that even with cheap generic RAM.
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