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is there a way to pick ram for your build? is it by brand preference or just which one is reliable and cheap? if so which one do you recommend?
 
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All kinds of approach. Some choose by brand preference, considering given brand as superior in quality. Others will consider any ram that is compatible and has good price per Gb. And some others will mostly look after superior specification (like lowest possible latency). Pretty much depends on what you need - if you are limited by budget, naturally your best call is to look for best price per Gb. If budget is not a factor, going for most reliable brand is probably most often used tactic.
But in the end, pretty much all ram sticks work the same. What matters more is to decide how much ram you need, what speed and how many sticks -choosing brand and model is only second step here.
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All kinds of approach. Some choose by brand preference, considering given brand as superior in quality. Others will consider any ram that is compatible and has good price per Gb. And some others will mostly look after superior specification (like lowest possible latency). Pretty much depends on what you need - if you are limited by budget, naturally your best call is to look for best price per Gb. If budget is not a factor, going for most reliable brand is probably most often used tactic.
But in the end, pretty much all ram sticks work the same. What matters more is to decide how much ram you need, what speed and how many sticks -choosing brand and model is only second step here.
 
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Best thing is to check your motherboard list of tested RAM and choose from them the best you like.
 
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I've done QVL memory picking. Picking by appearance. Picking by price. Just depends on the project.

I also tend to buy the speed I want, rather than getting a kit that requires a lot of tweaking to get maximum performance.

As for reliability. Well I can say I have personally never had a RAM chip go bad or be DOA, they should last the life of the PC.

Back in the before time I would just show up at a computer show and pick a guy with a memory tester and buy from them.

Recently I have had GSkill, Corsair, Crucial, Kingston Value RAM (Embedded APU build).
 
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