advice on ram purchase

bradsctt

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Hi everyone.

I decided i need more RAM, as i will be doing some video editing and 3D modelling, so:

I live in New Zealand, and RAM is rather expensive here, so i have been considering getting some shipped from Amazon.

(If i could get help from people who live in the Oceania region, who may have prior experience, that would be great, but any help from other people will be great too.)

I've chosen this RAM, as it will match the colour scheme of my Z87 PRO, and even the 2400MHz is still cheaper than 8GB of 1600MHz here.

ADATA XPG 2400MHz

So, my two main questions are:

1. I am a bit concerned about if I had to RMA, and how I would go about it? Since I live in New Zealand, and this is the first time I will have bought components from Amazon.

2. What are the chances of the RAM being DOA? I don't want to have to pay shipping back to America to get a replacement.

Also, I will get a kit of the grey / black heatsink version of this ram RAM a month or so after I get this, so then i will have dual channel and have the black and gold colour scheme, just as a side note.

Thanks for reading the thread, hopefully you can help.
 
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I had the same problem, I live in India and because of heavy taxes, everything cost +30%
I would still say, buy from Amazon. They are trustable. Moreover, it's not easy for RAM to go bad.. They have lifetime warranties for some reason.
You might have to ship it all the way but, until you do some serious overclock, you should just be fine.
Couldn't have helped more than this.
One suggestion would be to go for 32Gb 1866Mhz rather than 16gb 2400Mhz.

Soumil

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I had the same problem, I live in India and because of heavy taxes, everything cost +30%
I would still say, buy from Amazon. They are trustable. Moreover, it's not easy for RAM to go bad.. They have lifetime warranties for some reason.
You might have to ship it all the way but, until you do some serious overclock, you should just be fine.
Couldn't have helped more than this.
One suggestion would be to go for 32Gb 1866Mhz rather than 16gb 2400Mhz.
 
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bradsctt

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Ok thanks, Thats helpful. I will also have a look at the 1866MHz, as you have suggested.