does which ram you get really matter?

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Not particularly, but there are a few things to be aware of.

There are only a few SDRAM manufacturers in the world. The biggest is Samsung, which is also its own biggest consumer. Samsung is followed by Hynix, which is used in the bulk of all PC DIMMs (DDR3) and graphics cards (GDDR5). Next up is Micron, followed by Toshiba and a few other small players.

Most of the brand names that you know, including G.Skill, Corsair, ADATA, Mushkin, Kingston, etc... buy these chips in bulk and assemble them on to PCBs which are then sold to consumers. Thus, a module from Mushkin and a module from G.Skill may in fact contain identical internals. The SDRAM...
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Not particularly, but there are a few things to be aware of.

There are only a few SDRAM manufacturers in the world. The biggest is Samsung, which is also its own biggest consumer. Samsung is followed by Hynix, which is used in the bulk of all PC DIMMs (DDR3) and graphics cards (GDDR5). Next up is Micron, followed by Toshiba and a few other small players.

Most of the brand names that you know, including G.Skill, Corsair, ADATA, Mushkin, Kingston, etc... buy these chips in bulk and assemble them on to PCBs which are then sold to consumers. Thus, a module from Mushkin and a module from G.Skill may in fact contain identical internals. The SDRAM manufacturers do have their own house brands, Samsung and Hynix sell under their own names, whereas Micron sells theirs under the Crucial brand.

The only real difference between most retailers is the design of the heat spreader, level of QA, and customer service. Furthermore, some brands from the same manufacturer should be avoided. For example, Corsair's Vengeance lineup is amazing, but their XMS3 modules are constructed using low quality reject chips and should generally be avoided.
 
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