Is Team RAM reputable and reliable?

[Pie_Inspector]

It seems to be the cheapest set of 8x2 ddr4 2400mhz RAM on pcpartpicker. It also was never effected by the RAM price hike in Canada. Also design wise, imo it looks pretty great and would flow nice with my build. I saw one comment on pcpartpicker that he got one stick dead on arival so that kind of concerns me and also the fact that I never heard about this company until i filtered to the cheapest 8x2 DDR4 2400 mhz RAm on pcpartpicker for Canada.

Link to RAM: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/sqwqqs/team-dark-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-2400-memory-tdged416g2400hc14dc01

[Omega]

Team Group is a terrible brand I work quite a lot with their products. Never had a dead on arrival RAM module with any decent brand, I have had multiple DOAs with Team Group. Same story with their SSDs.

In the past month or two I have had two DOA RAM modules and two DOA SSDs, all from Team Group.

The RAM modules did not pass memtest86.

One SSD was causing BSODs in Windows. The other SSD died after installing Windows/ drivers on it, I rebooted the PC and it was not detected anymore in BIOS.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Ppl should stop aiming always for the cheapest, like psu, ram etc.
Stick to a trusted quality brand like kingston, corsair or so.

[Omega]

Originally posted by ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

Ppl should stop aiming always for the cheapest, like psu, ram etc.
Stick to a trusted quality brand like kingston, corsair or so.

Yep, just spend $10 more and get a Crucial, Corsair or Kingston. You will get a RAM module that will not be DOA and if you buy Crucial (not sure about other brands) you will also get a life long warranty.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Kingston has lifetime warranty.
*Corsair too.

[Pie_Inspector]

Yeah the corsair vengenace and the kingston hyperx modules are great, only problem is many retailers have raised the price to around the $200 range for a dual channel 8x2 ddr4 2400mhz kit.

[Omega]

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2x8gb - $185

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Patriot is the cheapest RAM brand I would go for. RAM generally doesnt fails no matter what, but the fact that some generic brands actually fail quite often is the proof they should be avoided.
Team Group is also included on that generic list. For example I also like Zeppelin RAM modules for their great design (golden modules with the german iron cross), but unfortunately they suck.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

Originally posted by Omega:

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2x8gb - $185

i second that .....same ram i run .. if your in the USA check Microcenter.com for best price on it
http://www.microcenter.com/product/446298/Ballistix_Sport_LT_16GB_2_x_8GB_DDR4-2400_PC4-19200_CL16__SR_Dual_Channel_Desktop_Memory

134.99

all crucial ram has a lifetime warranty ....and mine seems to overclock well

i bought 4 gig dimms tho (they were on sale during my visit to the store)

[Mossy Snake]

G.Skill Ripjaws V's are usually like $100 for 2400-speed.

3000-speed goes for like $130

Not sure about the prices now though

[Pie_Inspector]

I'm in Canada tho, the prices seem quite better in the US :/

[-=SOF=-WID99]

well thats a currenncy issue ....but do not cheap out on ram .. its as important as your CPU and mother board choice ..i always go kingston or Crucial ..corsair ram chips have failed me in the past

[Mearlin]

Bought two 2x8GB kits in February, by mid April, the RAM was having issues, failing memtest86. Sent in for RMA. Bought a new set of the same RAM on May 1st, RAM started having issues on the 27th, ran memtest86, fails. Now I need to RMA this set. Here is hoping the RMA RAM will actually work.

[AdahnGorion]

Never owned anything from them, from what I have heard, its a very very unreliable and low grade brand.

Why not save up for a new machine? are you having issues running games you want to play now? I am not sure ram will be a quick fix for you or even a good buy.


My question here is. Why are you upgrading? what is your machine used for? How does it look like now and what is your future prospects?

[76561198343548661]

You dont need to buy exactly 2400MHz RAM . Often higher clocked RAM also can run at 2400MHz , even by default as mine which is 3600MHz DDR4 Kingston .

This Kingston 2x8GB 3200MHz has default speed of 2400 - KF432C16BBK216 , 52 CAD