Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Memory > Best memory/ram brand?

Best memory/ram brand?

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Memory - Best memory/ram brand?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
kalchi08   07-23-2009 at 07:18:17 AM

Sorry if theres already a thread about this already but if there is then oh well. So I was wondering whats the best brand of ram to get? I'm willing to get a nice pair of ram for the new cpu and mobo im purchasing due to a bios fail (It was a cheap mobo). I just dont know which brand to get.. Maybe Corsair? or Patriot? I have no clue whos on the top. But i've heard allot of good things about Corsair. So im guessing there on top but im not exactly sure. I'm looking into a nice pair of 4GB DDR 800 RAM

Here are the cpu/mobo specs that im going to buy:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0GHz
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Mobo
and btw im going to be running this on Windows XP Pro SP3


Message edited by kalchi08 on 07-23-2009 at 08:48:21 AM
Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
ilikegirls   07-23-2009 at 07:25:22 AM

Well it really depends on the amount of money you are willing to spend ! but if you poke around tomshardware a little longer I did see an artical about best RAM or something like that.... take a look they had a few brand names that and compaired them! I didnt read it so I cant say anything about it but you should go look for it and check it out!

Reply to ilikegirls
kalchi08   07-23-2009 at 07:36:20 AM

I have a total of $330 to spend but $255 is going to be spent on a E8400 and Gigabyte G41 mobo. Which leaves leave me with $75 dollars to work with.. The cpu cost $169.99 and the mobo cost $64.99, but im just assuming the tax is going to add $10 to both my cpu and mobo. So it would cost me $180+$75 = $255. And im going to try to find that article thnx for the heads up.


Message edited by kalchi08 on 07-23-2009 at 08:21:57 AM
Reply to kalchi08
ilikegirls   07-23-2009 at 07:38:48 AM

Well if you dont find that artical come back here and ill help you
ill be here for a nother 20 min

Reply to ilikegirls
ilikegirls   07-23-2009 at 07:52:23 AM

Well i really need to go to sleep but if you are looking for good RAM I would stick to known Comp. like G.Skill and Cross

Reply to ilikegirls
kalchi08   07-23-2009 at 08:23:20 AM

I cant find the article... so i guess its time for some classic googling.

Reply to kalchi08
kalchi08   07-23-2009 at 09:01:23 AM

Everybody seems to recommend Corsair ram.

Reply to kalchi08
IH8U   07-23-2009 at 05:32:34 PM

I recommend G.Skill, I use it for almost all of my builds and havn't had a bad stick yet (excepting those I fried). OCZ, Geil, and Corsair are also on the good list, for me anyway. I've had too many issues with Crucial to buy from them again. If you are on a tight budget, look at Wintec. But avoid Kingston like the Plague!

Reply to IH8U
Jerther   07-23-2009 at 05:38:01 PM

We've had trouble with all OCZ memory we had here (the gold plated and silver plated ones). Wait, maybe 4 out of 20 were good.

Don't know, maybe they sent us a batch that failed the quality check and hoped we didn't notice... that was a year ago.

Reply to Jerther
kalchi08   07-24-2009 at 07:29:52 AM

Alright im going to go with ether G.Skill(i wish they had G.Skill) or Corsair, it don't matter but Frys Electronics don't carry G.Skill ram, only Corsair. They also seem to not have the Corsair XMS2 4gb (2v2gb) DDR2 800 ram im looking for. Its not available at there local store only online.

...so now im looking into this cheap set of Kingston ValueRAM brand

http://www.frys.com/product/562267 [...] IN_RSLT_PG lol sorry but i cant stay away from this Kingston plague. It just looks cheap and good. Sorta like a Price/Performance set of ram.






Message edited by kalchi08 on 07-24-2009 at 09:35:24 AM
Reply to kalchi08
IH8U   07-24-2009 at 06:13:52 PM

Kingston is cheap, beacuse it's garbage. I recommend ordering the RAM from Newegg, or Tigerdirect.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to IH8U
ilikegirls   07-25-2009 at 06:58:03 AM

IH8U wrote :

Kingston is cheap, beacuse it's garbage. I recommend ordering the RAM from Newegg, or Tigerdirect.


Thats the best place to get this sorta stuff newegg is better though

Reply to ilikegirls
Bluescreendeath   07-25-2009 at 07:04:59 AM

Spend less money on the CPU and more on the graphics card.

Get a E7400 or Q8200, ~$60 less and use that to beef up ur graphics.

------------------------------ i7 920, E5300
GTX260, HD4870, HD4830
 Reply to Bluescreendeath
kalchi08   07-25-2009 at 07:53:23 AM

I already got a ATI Radeon HD 4890.

btw. check out this thread guys now im thinking about purchasing a Q9550 instead of the E8400 now and dropping just the ram lol.

I saw the price of the Q9550, and i was surprised it was within my budget but i had to sacrifice getting the 4GB of ram.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] 8400-q9550

Message quoted 1 times
Message edited by kalchi08 on 07-25-2009 at 09:01:53 AM
Reply to kalchi08
ilikegirls   07-25-2009 at 09:22:59 AM

kalchi08 wrote :

I already got a ATI Radeon HD 4890.

btw. check out this thread guys now im thinking about purchasing a Q9550 instead of the E8400 now and dropping just the ram lol.

I saw the price of the Q9550, and i was surprised it was within my budget but i had to sacrifice getting the 4GB of ram.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] 8400-q9550


Well I'm happy it all worked out for you! hope I will be seeing you in some games soon!

BTW I also have a 4890 and when you get your PC running you will be amazed at what this little card can do! and def after you OC it its amazing almost like a 285!

BTW throw the fan to 100% and see what happens! a jet engine was put inthere by accedint

Reply to ilikegirls
hdwenthus   07-25-2009 at 11:57:54 AM

OCZ, Corsair...and i don't think i ever see bad reviews on Mushkin memory

Reply to hdwenthus
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Memory > Best memory/ram brand?
Go to:

There are 1179 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.299 seconds
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them