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So I see lots of ram out there from brands like Corsair, G Skill, Kingston, Crucial etc.
And I was wondering if the brand effects your performance and if so by how much. I found this listing on craigslist for my area of 4x4gb DDR3 ram but that's as far as the information goes. The picture isn't clear enough to read the labels on them so I don't know what brand it is but they're blue. Here's the picture:
http://images.craigslist.org/00h0h_34v19irQG4t_600x450.jpg
 
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As turkey3_scratch said, the brand is not really that important (unless you are concerned about warranties, and that doesn't usually apply to used items).

The picture is not legible as far as brand goes, but the symbol for the brand looks like they are Nanya branded modules. Nanya uses a blue four circle based atom logo with two parallel lines that curve around the atom. The brand name is in light green below that. Based on those facts, it is about 90% certain that those modules are from their brand.

They usually sell their modules to major manufacturers, primary in HP computers here in the USA. They will not normally be high end modules (not the fastest or quickest), but they are normally reliable. You never know until you try them out in a computer and run memtest (http://www.memtest.org/) on them for a few hours, though.
 
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Yes, they should. Ideally you would get higher resolution pictures of just the label. The text just above the lower bar code on Nanya modules gives the size, density, speed, and latency of the memory - everything that is needed to know exactly what it is and if it will work on most computers.
 
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Unfortunately, that is a very low resolution photo. Most smartphones have megapixel cameras now, so I don't know why they included that picture. The brand is Nanya, but the middle row of text is basically unreadable. Fortunately Nanya does encode all of the specifications into the part number on the first line too.

According to their specification sheet at:
http://www.nanya.com/NanyaAdmin/GetFiles.ashx?ID=1031

The memory modules are 4GB DDR3-1333 1.5 volt CAS 9 modules. That makes their new value at $15 per module, used value of about $10 per module. They will work in normal desktop computers that use DDR3 and do not require DDR3L memory (like most Socket 1151 motherboards that include DDR3 support), but they are relatively slow modules.

Depending on how much they want for the modules, and how much you are willing to pay, I would normally go with a new set of memory like http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9q16gab for $94 instead. That provides the fact that your computer can use 4 x 4GB modules.

Unless you get a really good deal on these modules ($40 or less for them), I would normally pass on something like this.
 
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