To generic RAM or not to generic RAM?

Bl00dFox

Bl00dFox

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Pretty simple Question. PLease post your experiences.

PS. A part of the reason why I want Generic RAM is because it can help you resist the temptation of overclocking (i heard generic RAM wont OC very well!)
 
That would depend what it is generic of! If you are worried about ocing simply don't. Remember ocing places stresses on hardwares as well as rasing temps that can damage things when not adequately cooled! Value ram is the type of memory you wouldn't oc to start with since it's not the performance type. But you can get some great value ram for running stock!
 
OCZ is a premium brand with 2gb installed there. That's a better setup seen in the sig there then many are running. Why play around in the bios when you can simply boot to the desktop? OCing is a conscious intentional decision not a mandate. Some generic brands also carry their own performance type of memory as well. But when you simply boot at stock the system doesn't oc on it's own.
 
I've used generic Hynix stamped RAM before, it was fine. I never tried to OC it but I put it in a compaq machine so OCing was a nono :)
 
On many occasions the so called generic brand is simply the lower end product of a name brand with a generic wrapper on it. Instead of the usual retail "trade brand name" it's sold off shoot for discount houses and for the obvious "cheapie" complete systems! You had a Compaq! :eek: Gee I thought having an AST was a lemon! :P
 
Hey, I can still use that compaq :P And I have an old AST (was a pentium 75, now it's an evergreen spectra 233MMX! :P)
On many occasions the so called generic brand is simply the lower end product of a name brand with a generic wrapper on it.
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That's true, like crucial is the non-OEM name of Micron.
 
You wouldn't have wanted the 486 AST boat anchor I dumped some years back! Gee all of 64mb of PNY PC100 memory there.
"that's all!" :eek:
But then came the Soyo board with the AMD K5 500mhz with 512mb. relief at last! :D
"but wasn't that also run with PNY PC100 memory?" :confused:
Well yes the Shuttle board to follow however saw 768mb of PNY PC133!
"still PNY?"
But the Asus board to come along later saw 1gb of Corsair. yes! :D
"but what happens now if this guy dumps the OCZ currently used?" :confused:
:eek: :eek: :eek: !!!
 
umm i use

well i have two setups, for my gaming one i use kingston ram ftw.

for my other one i use k-byte. its really cheap. :>
 
woot

kingston for life?

man i just love kingston, i accidentaly fried one of my memory chips, i called them and they sent me a new one, all i did was pay for shipping which was about $3
 
I don't know how you managed that other then trying to raise voltages for ocing or something else. But the 2gb of Kingston Value Ram used to replace a matched pair of 512mb Corsair xms series performance dimms on the last board saw a performance gain there with the memory capacity. Those are still in use on the current build with nice stable results.
 
wow i didnt know peoploe were so happy with kingston. i knew they were good, but i didnt know they were so loyal to customers
 
A good brand name is always supported by the manufacturer to keep up with the competitive edge and good rep. If you look on Gigabyte's product pages you see Kingston as the recommended brand of memory there. At Asus Corsair is advertized.

Both of these brands have had big reps along with OCZ for the longest time. Corsair is labeled the gaming memory usually. Yet Kingston has done well on the Asus board here.
 
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