What Brand of Memory do you use?

***Veridian3*** · Nov 9, 2007, 09:15 AM

So, which is it and why?

jp306 · Nov 9, 2007, 09:36 AM

GSkill, because when I was looking for ram it had the best price/performance ratio and a lifetime warranty. In the past I've used Crucial, Geil and Corsair.

bug77 · Nov 9, 2007, 09:39 AM

Had GSkill, now I have PDP/Patriot. Why? It was the cheapest brand when I bought it, while still carrying a brand.

Asmoday · Nov 9, 2007, 09:46 AM

I use Corsair atm, why? I used to have a pair of Team Xtreeme but one module died so I picked up a pair of Corsair 800mhz 4-4-4-12 modules...

PangingJr · Nov 9, 2007, 01:35 PM

several brands of low price RAM, mainly Kingston's and various DRAM chips. and G.Skill brand for overclocking.

buy based on trust in the vendor and quality, compatibility design of the components used in product.

**MIG-31** · Nov 9, 2007, 02:08 PM

Corsair.. Very Stable and a Lifetime warrenty to.

Tipstaff · Nov 9, 2007, 02:39 PM

I personally use Corsair, and occasionally I sell their Rendition stuff, but I usually sell Transcend, and Kingston.

RoyBatty · Nov 9, 2007, 02:50 PM

The first modules in my system were OCZ, after a while I changed to Kingston HyperX. I bought them because of a good price/quality. And I like the heatspreader color

Chaos · Nov 9, 2007, 02:50 PM

Super Talent because of it's price and availability locally

Zelig · Nov 9, 2007, 03:33 PM

In my main desktop OCZ, they were cheapest for the speed/type I wanted.

Generally, I just buy whatever is cheapest at the speed I'm looking for.

germanjulian · Nov 9, 2007, 03:50 PM

big names cause of warranty... but say arent the chips manufactures at the same plants anyway

nohbody · Nov 9, 2007, 07:02 PM

I've just been using Mushkin forever. One of those things where old habits die hard.

CDsDontBurn · Nov 9, 2007, 11:21 PM

DDR400 2x1Gb OCZ Platinum EL is what i got.

got it through Neon Cowboy a while back. this is my first OCZ kit....OCing sucks compared to my old Corsair sticks, but 2GB > 1GB any day

BlueMak · Nov 9, 2007, 11:35 PM

2GB TeamGroup Elite 800. It was the cheapest that it wasn't OEM or "value" and has great timings.
Also lifetime warranty.
Team Group Inc - Team Elite DDR2 800Mhz

RebeLone · Nov 10, 2007, 12:28 AM

2GB of OCZ Plat. Rev.2 @ 932MHz 4-4-4-15-2T 2.1v. I might push it further and see how far they go.

**temeteus82** · Nov 10, 2007, 02:12 AM

current rig Kingston VauleRAM... It was cheap...

Mr cairo · Nov 10, 2007, 02:56 AM

corsair ram because not only is it superb performing ram but it sounds cool when you say it .... CorSairrrrrrrrrr

ChaosMinionX · Nov 10, 2007, 04:00 AM

Corsair Dominator - Because its the best ram on the market for OCing, and I can get the most reproducible results with it on any board. Has to be the highly binned Micron stuff, not the newer 8500C5D or 6400C4DF though.... 6400C3DF, 8888C4DF,etc etc

Coolest, and fastest memory I have ever used really.

And not to mention, the turn around time on RMA's I have had no problems, and the stuff is guaranteed for life. I have ripped through at least 4 kits of Dominators that have died for various reasons, and it was replaced no questions asked. Highly Recommend them

PS- If you have any problems with Corsair RAM, or the RMA let me know and I will put you in contact with someone that can help

riles9262 · Nov 10, 2007, 07:39 AM

Some kind of samsung pc3200 memory.

Tril · Nov 12, 2007, 01:10 AM

I'm currently using OCZ RAM. It was among the cheapest for the best performance I could find at the time of purchase. I had no problems so far with it.

I don't really have any brand preference. I'll usually base my purchases on price, performance, availability and reviews.

IamLakota · Nov 12, 2007, 04:39 AM

Corsair TwinX

dipstick · Nov 12, 2007, 10:35 AM

I've been sticking it out with Patriot ram since the athlon XP days. They offer just as good timings/oc'ing as the big boys and are far cheaper-usually with awesome rebates too. Support is great also

Erroneus · Nov 12, 2007, 04:21 PM

2 gigs of Mushkin PC2-9200 :P

Not pushing them 100% though, but got'em pretty cheap.

Da_Jewish_Fonzy · Nov 12, 2007, 06:34 PM

OCz Platinum, they don't overclock the greatest but they had the tightest timings around when I got them and a lifetime warranty.

Falstaff · Nov 13, 2007, 03:16 AM

Value Ram..

dogin · Nov 13, 2007, 02:55 PM

Corsair Dominator Twin2x2048-10000C5DF (two sets-4gigs for Vista 64 and Crysis) for OC'ing current Asus Maximus Formula board. Have always had good luck with Corsair in my gaming machines in getting great performance.

Ferret_Style · Nov 13, 2007, 07:42 PM

ocz mainly but i have used hyperX from kingston and liked those too.

Synthetic47 · Nov 14, 2007, 01:12 AM

Corsair, never used anything else...

RealityRipple · Nov 14, 2007, 02:18 AM

1.5 Gigs (3 512s) of PQI DDR2. It was cheap, and they're holding up better than the two 512s of Kingston I had before.

Golbeze · Nov 14, 2007, 02:22 AM

Super Talent DDR 400. Needed something to replace my two old 512 sticks, decided on Super Talent based on reviews. Been working great so far.

Nov 9, 2007, 09:15 AM	#1
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 2,997 Rep Power: 72	What Brand of Memory do you use? So, which is it and why?

Nov 9, 2007, 09:36 AM	#2
jp306 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	GSkill, because when I was looking for ram it had the best price/performance ratio and a lifetime warranty. In the past I've used Crucial, Geil and Corsair. __________________ "I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet." Rodney Dangerfield.

Nov 9, 2007, 09:46 AM	#4
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,184 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	I use Corsair atm, why? I used to have a pair of Team Xtreeme but one module died so I picked up a pair of Corsair 800mhz 4-4-4-12 modules... __________________ How You can help Driverheaven by using Digg

Nov 9, 2007, 02:08 PM	#6
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,244 Rep Power: 180 System Specs	Corsair.. Very Stable and a Lifetime warrenty to. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Nov 9, 2007, 02:39 PM	#7
Tipstaff DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,515 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	I personally use Corsair, and occasionally I sell their Rendition stuff, but I usually sell Transcend, and Kingston. __________________ >><<

Nov 9, 2007, 09:39 AM	#3
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	Had GSkill, now I have PDP/Patriot. Why? It was the cheapest brand when I bought it, while still carrying a brand.

Nov 9, 2007, 01:35 PM	#5
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 55	several brands of low price RAM, mainly Kingston's and various DRAM chips. and G.Skill brand for overclocking. buy based on trust in the vendor and quality, compatibility design of the components used in product.

Nov 9, 2007, 02:50 PM	#8
RoyBatty DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,658 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	The first modules in my system were OCZ, after a while I changed to Kingston HyperX. I bought them because of a good price/quality. And I like the heatspreader color

Nov 9, 2007, 02:50 PM	#9
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,140 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Super Talent because of it's price and availability locally

Nov 9, 2007, 03:33 PM	#10
Zelig DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,160 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	In my main desktop OCZ, they were cheapest for the speed/type I wanted. Generally, I just buy whatever is cheapest at the speed I'm looking for. __________________ --

Nov 9, 2007, 03:50 PM	#11
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Nov 9, 2007, 07:02 PM	#12
nohbody DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 59 Rep Power: 0	I've just been using Mushkin forever. One of those things where old habits die hard.

Nov 9, 2007, 11:21 PM	#13
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,842 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	DDR400 2x1Gb OCZ Platinum EL is what i got. got it through Neon Cowboy a while back. this is my first OCZ kit....OCing sucks compared to my old Corsair sticks, but 2GB > 1GB any day __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Nov 9, 2007, 11:35 PM	#14
BlueMak DH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 7,986 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	2GB TeamGroup Elite 800. It was the cheapest that it wasn't OEM or "value" and has great timings. Also lifetime warranty. Team Group Inc - Team Elite DDR2 800Mhz __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 10, 2007, 12:28 AM	#15
RebeLone DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	2GB of OCZ Plat. Rev.2 @ 932MHz 4-4-4-15-2T 2.1v. I might push it further and see how far they go. __________________

Nov 12, 2007, 04:39 AM	#21
IamLakota DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Viriginia Posts: 563 Rep Power: 0	Corsair TwinX __________________ Harley Davidson: If You Have To Ask You Wouldn't Understand!!! System Specs: Mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2,intel i7 920,2x BFG 8800GTOC 512's SLI,Corsair 6gigs tri channel pc12800CL8 2xWD Velociraptor's 2x74gig WD Raptor , X-Fi Fatal1ty Titainium,HANNS-G HG281HD 1080p 28" monitor,Coolermaster HAF/922,PC-PWR&Cooling Sliencer 750,CoolerMaster V8 HSF

Nov 13, 2007, 03:16 AM	#25
Falstaff Romantic Fool Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Springs, CO. Posts: 18,092 Rep Power: 130	Value Ram.. __________________ Preferred DNS Server 208.67.222.222 Alternate DNS Server 208.67.220.220

Nov 10, 2007, 02:56 AM	#17
Mr cairo White Swan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Slightly to the left Posts: 1,345 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	corsair ram because not only is it superb performing ram but it sounds cool when you say it .... CorSairrrrrrrrrr __________________ homepage

Nov 10, 2007, 04:00 AM	#18
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York Posts: 2,182 Rep Power: 31 System Specs	Corsair Dominator - Because its the best ram on the market for OCing, and I can get the most reproducible results with it on any board. Has to be the highly binned Micron stuff, not the newer 8500C5D or 6400C4DF though.... 6400C3DF, 8888C4DF,etc etc Coolest, and fastest memory I have ever used really. And not to mention, the turn around time on RMA's I have had no problems, and the stuff is guaranteed for life. I have ripped through at least 4 kits of Dominators that have died for various reasons, and it was replaced no questions asked. Highly Recommend them PS- If you have any problems with Corsair RAM, or the RMA let me know and I will put you in contact with someone that can help __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Nov 10, 2007, 07:39 AM	#19
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,839 Rep Power: 54 System Specs	Some kind of samsung pc3200 memory. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Nov 12, 2007, 01:10 AM	#20
Tril S-3D enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,557 Rep Power: 39 System Specs	I'm currently using OCZ RAM. It was among the cheapest for the best performance I could find at the time of purchase. I had no problems so far with it. I don't really have any brand preference. I'll usually base my purchases on price, performance, availability and reviews.

Nov 12, 2007, 10:35 AM	#22
dipstick DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,561 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	I've been sticking it out with Patriot ram since the athlon XP days. They offer just as good timings/oc'ing as the big boys and are far cheaper-usually with awesome rebates too. Support is great also

Nov 12, 2007, 04:21 PM	#23
Erroneus Loving my Windows 7 Ent. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 12,914 Rep Power: 76 System Specs	2 gigs of Mushkin PC2-9200 :P Not pushing them 100% though, but got'em pretty cheap. __________________

Nov 12, 2007, 06:34 PM	#24
Da_Jewish_Fonzy Me>You Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Da Hood Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	OCz Platinum, they don't overclock the greatest but they had the tightest timings around when I got them and a lifetime warranty.

Nov 13, 2007, 02:55 PM	#26
dogin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: dark side Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	Corsair Dominator Twin2x2048-10000C5DF (two sets-4gigs for Vista 64 and Crysis) for OC'ing current Asus Maximus Formula board. Have always had good luck with Corsair in my gaming machines in getting great performance.

Nov 14, 2007, 01:12 AM	#28
Synthetic47 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Marion IA, USA Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Corsair, never used anything else...

Nov 14, 2007, 02:18 AM	#29
RealityRipple 0 = 0 == 1 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Los Berros Canyon, Nipomo, CA Posts: 155 Rep Power: 14 System Specs	1.5 Gigs (3 512s) of PQI DDR2. It was cheap, and they're holding up better than the two 512s of Kingston I had before. __________________

Nov 14, 2007, 02:22 AM	#30
Golbeze DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 271 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Super Talent DDR 400. Needed something to replace my two old 512 sticks, decided on Super Talent based on reviews. Been working great so far.