Good Company to Buy RAM From?

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[WeaverBeaver]

as far as brands go i would say corsair, kingston (hyperX), gskill, and crucial are reliable. for a store to actually buy RAM from i would say newegg, ncix, or amazon. I have used all three and they are all great

[Bad 💀 Motha]

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[˜lokkandload˜™]

ADATA XPG-Z1 but its DDR4. Reviews show this to be amazing memory in the DDR4 overclocking community..

[vadim]

~Dirt Na$ty~™ eredeti hozzászólása:

ADATA XPG-Z1 but its DDR4. Reviews show this to be amazing memory in the DDR4 overclocking community..

ADATA is low-quality trash.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

Actually no, in the DDR4 market it isn't

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/adata-xpg-z1-gold-edition,28276.html Like I said no it isn't trash...TROLL ON!!!!

Do you run an X-99 build...doubt it!

[vadim]

Calm down. Ask anybody working at hardware seller or service center - they will tell you the truth. And do not mislead people with false statements.

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

ADATA - I've never had issues with any RAM. In fact, the DDR2 I had, it overclocked very well. The Corsair XMS I also had, I had issues getting it to run stable when trying to overclock it like the ADATA could do.

I generally pick up ADATA in my builds and after that I look at Corsair. I'm not against any RAM, except OCZ (who is out of the picture in the RAM market anyway)....the RAM I had from OCZ was crappy. It wouldn't run at the speed it was designed for to save its life.....so I threw it out.

[Rove]

This depends what exact specs of RAM you want.

I can't really think of a company that is perfect.

Patriot Viper 3 of any speed is good. As long as you make sure to get the stuff that has a SPD setting (can be any top tested speed like DDR3-2133 or DDR3-1866) DDR3-1600 with 9, 9, 9, 24 timings. That's what I use. It would be ideal if the SPD was the same as the advertised setting. Unfortunately most companies are willing to advertise settings far greater than the actual SPD and then it has to be selected manually in BIOS. DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper 3 (not the low profile stuff but the fullsize) is one of a handful (also including some but not all models of G. Skill Ares and other brands) of manufacturers who have moved to RAM with DDR3-1600 9, 9, 9, 24 SPD RAM at 1.5V. So anything with those SPD settings and a good RAM cooler is some of the best stuff around that I can currently find available.

It's really hard to know what the SPD of the RAM is compared to the advertised speeds. You basically have to look it up on the manufacturer website for each individual kit. Frankly I think it sucks that they are getting away with advertising it as a speed higher than the JEDEC standard speed it is set to. I know the provide profiles for you ro select in BIOS to get teh rated speed out of it. However properly they should have left that space blank and writable for users to make their own overclocking profiles. They basically charge you extra to overclock your RAM for you and include a profile in what should have been your own personal workspace for overclocking. At best you can get DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866, DDR3-2133 and DDR3-2400 all for teh same price when bought as 2*4GB, 2*8GB, 4*4GB or 4*8GB. Often there is a price premium though and there is certainly a premium for anything over DDR3-2400 even when it's really only JEDEC standard SPD of DDR3-1333 or DDR3-1600.

I actually reported this to the attorney general cause I think it should not be allowed. I have since become aware that ist is a established practice but it still bothers me. If they were my version of honest that might mean that you could only buy DDR3-1333 or DDR3-1600. Cause then they'd be going by honest advertising of the SPD and JEDEC standard but at least that would help to create the demand for real DDR3-1866, DDR3-2133 and DDR3-2400 that actually lives up to JEDEC standards and has JEDEC SPD.

My patriot Viper 3 DDR3-1600 for example is exactly as advertised with DDR3-1600 SPD and 9, 9, 9, 24 timings all to JEDEC standard. However If I'd bought Patriot Viper 3 DDR3-1866 it would be exactly the same kit, only with a overclocking profile stored on it's data chip for 1866 MT/s and not to JEDEC standards or in SPD at all. I can just make my own profile and overclock my Patriot Viper 3 DDR3-1600 to the exact same speeds, in fact I can probably overclock it better and to tighter timings. I can also hit DDR3-2133 and DDR3-2400 at the same specs as the Viper 3 RAM that is advertised for those speeds currently yet is coming with the same SPD as mine and is really the same exact stick (in terms of being manufactured the exact same) except for the stored overclocking profile and the fact that they tested it for you to make sure. The factory set overclocking profile is actually worse than what most Viper 3 DDR3-1600 overclockers could achieve. It's because they want to make sure that every single stick they test passes the test so they make it extra easy.

Beware that not all Patriot Viper 3 DDR3-1600 or better is actually 1600 MT/s and 9, 9, 9, 24 latency in the SPD. Most of it is though and it's mostly only the low profile or low wattage stuff that is not.

TL;DR (extended)

So the morale of the story is all brands make trash, some brands make bronze or silver and I can't find any gold or platinum at all. Check each individual kit you buy to see how high it's SPD is, read reviews, make sure it has a good looking RAM cooler that is hopefully effective. Remember that while aluminum is standard there are a few out there with copper which spreads heat even better. Also some sticks come without any cooler.

RAM was one of the harder things for me when I was building my PC cause I wanted it all to be to a very very high standard that I set for myself. Even so I probably made mistakes but at least I got the finest RAM I could find.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

The reviews for the new XPG Adata series haven't been like OMG stellar but pretty dam good and as competitive as other brands in the DDR 4 market right now....far from garbage. He's probably got a Potato for a PC. And yes Corsair, Kingston HyperX, G-Skill, Crucial all are great RAM as well.

[[☥] - CJ -]

i prefer Corsair Vengeance myself :)

While its true A-DATA hasnt been as well known as say Corsair, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Even the runts of the litter have their day now n then

[_I_]

the only ddr3 that has had issues id ocz, which is out of the ram business

[˜lokkandload˜™]

He said runts:

In 2007, ADATA was the 3rd largest DRAM manufacturer in the world with a market share of 7.6% and the world's 4th largest Flash-product manufacturer. By 2008, ADATA had a capital of $55.55 million of US dollars and a market capitalization of $305.16 million. It had extended its global reach to Europe and America, while competing strongly in Asia with Samsung, becoming the second largest worldwide supplier of DRAM modules with a 7.1% total market share. They have consistently remained as one of the top producers of DRAM in the industry today.

Runts aren't the second largest DRAM producers on the planet , last I checked...

[upcoast]

Six towers running on G.Skill DDR3 for years, no doa sticks and none have fouled yet.

I used crucial in the DDR2 days and swore I'd never touch them again.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

Well being in the IT field by profession, most of our enterprise level servers on our server farms all use ADATA, due to their reputation for endurance, reduced power consumption, and speed performance, have for years. So taking that reputation of performance to the gaming industry only made sense....We've got servers that have been running for several years and other components failed and died, but the ram was swapped to another server and kept chugging along.....so I know their reputation from experience.

[rotNdude]

I think we know how you feel about ADATA. They purchase the DRAM chips from other manufacturers and assemble the modules for resale. There are many companies that do the same thing. As long as the RAM modules have a good warranty and live up to the advertised specs, it doesn't really matter.