What Brand of Memory do you use?

swimtech

Crucial's great stuff - excellent customer service too. I've seen literally a couple thousand modules go in machines here at work over the past ten years, only seen a half dozen or so fail, but no overclocking/overvolting...

PangingJr

most reasons why memory module dies could be due to ripple voltage, and some could be SPD data on the modules are somehow corrupted.

Yallrun

G.Skill, Great price, great performance.

Cannyone

I use a Corsair Twin 2X2048-6400C5DHX kit. I'd prefer if it was a 4GB kit but I had a 4GB (non-Corsair) kit fail, and atm I couldn't afford the comparable 4GB Corsair kit. I got DDR2-800 / CAS 5 memory because that's what my X38 chipset board wants. And I made sure that I got a kit that would run at the stock DRAM voltage of 1.8v (many kits run at 2.0-2.1v, which recent Intel chipsets don't really like.

Oh and I Chose to go back to Corsair because of the "DHX" (Dual-path Heat Exchange) feature. The failure of the last kit was probably a combination of not quite enough voltage and a bit too much heat. These modules are actually much "taller" than you might expect. So the DHX feature isn't just a marketing gimmick, there is actual hardware that seems to work.

Falcon1

Corsair, for years now.

Why? I was always using Infineon before. After I had some really bad sticks from them, I tried Samsung, which were average. Then I decided to go with Corsair, and I'm building all my rigs now with Corsair, mostly XMS in gaming systems, Value Select in office ones.

Da_Jewish_Fonzy

I've never actually heard of "supertalent". I do all my buying at NCIX in Canada, is supertalent a euro company?

Al_Vampyre

Adata...always found that it's cheap and clocks well if I need it to

Zardon

im using crucial fully buffered memory right now. 16GB of it ! really nice guys too inside the company.

Zardon

quite a lot of the companies use samsung memory modules on their sticks btw... even GFX manufacturers...

|2A|N

Same here. I use G.Skill and for the same reasons. G.Skill simply Rocks!

sovietdoc

I am using OCZ 4000 Plat EB because it's the very best DDR1 ram you can buy. If I was to upgrade now, I'd be running Dominators even though they burn out in 2 months.

magicius

Wheres Mushkin???

H3X4D3C1M4L

OCZ these days. Great prices and always had rock solid performance and reliability from them. Any warranty concerns I have had were taken care of swiftly. Before that (back in the PC100 days) it was Samsung or Kingston.

Just research... I look at what's available, then research my options then pick what I think is the best then usually buy my 2nd choice due to lack of money funds

gdug@sbcglobal.net

G.Skill . Strictly for the over-clocking.

Blazer

I use OCZ, it was the cheapest with heat spreaders when I purchased it, + it has a lifetime waranty which I have already taken advantage of once, and their support is second to none.

Satans Arse

Currently got 2GB of cheap pc6400, when I say cheap it was 130 quid when I got it. Just ordered 2GB of OCZ Platinum Rev 2 for 35quid, get them Monday, the lifetime warranty sealed the deal though.
Here is a link if anyone is interested in cheap as chips memory.OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)

Shaga

Kingston HyperX DDR434. There wasn't any ocz/mushkin/corsair/geill or crucial memory sticks available in here.

serez

personally use crucial balistix

sushrukh

I 'm currently using Transcend 1GB DDR2 800 Value ram with no heat spreader.Costed me $150.

werty316

I am currently sittin' on some phat DDR2-800 Dominator sticks.

Yousaif

Patriot for the win. $76.00 at Newegg right now for 2 GB that runs at 4-4-4-12 with no problems at stock speed.

Haven't really felt the need to overclock... yet.

Here's a link in case anyone needs some good cheap RAM Newegg.com - Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

hasher

mushkin fastest at time plus greet quality

Shike

Mark me down for Mushkin too, they make some excellent stuff really.

dipstick

I recently saw some some G.Skill 2GB sticks on sale and couldn't resist. It's my first time running this brand but I have been impressed. They OC very well and run at very low voltage which is nice because my Patriot ram at 2.2v was scorching at times.
4GB(2x2GB) for $129 was just too tempting not to get two sets

PangingJr

Dipstick,
What happen with the G.Skill's and the Maximus Formula? Can you now use all 8 GB on the board?

dipstick

Just had a couple of bad sticks. I got them replaced and its been running great since. Nice cheap ram tho, they oc well and run on low voltage (1.9v is enough for four sticks on this board). They've also dropped to $115 per 4GB since I bought them, I wonder how low they can go lol.

PangingJr

thanks for the reply Dipstick. it’s best that you found out the problem with the RAM stick itself so quickly.

there're more odds things can happen when populating all 4 DIMM slots, and it's most likely a compatibility issue with some certain RAM sticks and some certain board.
in the case of the compatibility of RAM sticks, with an RMA request, G.Skill might help you locate ones that's compatible with each others.

there's a chance of a BIOS bug also, i used to run into a problem, which i found that it's an odd BIOS bug, i mean i tried all the identical RAM sticks in the house, tried populating just one, two and all 4 DIMM slots and in any combination, i would get same error at the same stage. i had to reflash BIOS back to previous version and then reflashed back and forth a few time until i sure it's a BIOS bug and a compatibility issues.

anyways, good to know that those sticks are working well for you, i will try it myself soon.