Memory brand comparison/differences

Can someone please explain the differences in what I see as identical memory between various brands...I mean what are the positives and negatives between them? Are we simply paying more for certain brand names or is there more to it performance wise than that? If there is, is it actually quite noticeable in real world use/performance, or only in benchmark testing?

For example, what differences would one notice if any between these two sticks of RAM in a W3V (or in general)

Kingmax 1024MB PC4300 DDR2 533MHz SO-DIMM
VS.
Corsair 1GB DDR2 533 Value Select, 200-Pin SO-DIMM

In addition to that, can people also recommend what they consider to be the best W3V compatible RAM for the money? (Performance to price ratio)

I'd really appreciate any and all feedback on this issue, thanks in advance [8D]

 

Whatever you've had good luck with is what you should go with. For us, getting from from someplace and having 1/3 of it be dead before installing it......... it's not good for business. Having years of trusting one brand over another and being able to suggest it to other people is another story. For us, always loved kingston' performance ram and corsair. Until recenlty corsair didn't really make much notebook ram.... now that they do, that's all we want to use. If you ever have a problem with it, they'll replace it in a day or two and we don't have to worry about it.

Thanks,
Justin
PROPortable
www.proportable.com
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Thanks Justin, but I'd still like a more specific answer. I've never owned a laptop before, and I've only ever had experience with Kingston memory as far as all my Desktops go...but I'd still like to know how things compare on a more detailed level if someone wouldn't mind enlightening me. I'd also like some feedback on those two specific brands if anyone is able to. The more opinions and feedback the better, thanks [8D]

 

Once Corsair starts making their XMS2 in so-dimms....... I'd say hands down, that.

I think the latencies all sort of stink on 1gb sticks of ddr2 533..... so you're really in the same boat. With the basic sticks, it's really about what you and others trust the most. Performance differences should be minimal if any. What you want is to make sure you're going to be stable and that RAM is going to work every time you turn that system on.

For that..... Kingston and Corsair are tops in my book. For ddr2, I just prefer Corsair.

Thanks,
Justin
PROPortable
www.proportable.com
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Coming from someone with lots... and umm lots of PC experience, I'd say Crucial is the best by far. www.crucial.com

 

Do you know what brand of RAM Asus puts in the ensemble notebooks (Specifically W3V)? And I'm guessing whatever latency and timing (or whatever else matters) is the same as either Corsair Value Select or Kingston?

 

The maikn difference between buying corsair and say infineon chip is that if you buy it from a dealer usually be prepared to rma the module to the dealer. If you buy corsair as far as i know you can return it to them. The funny part that people dont understand is that corsair, kingston, and many of the big brands dont actually make the chips you see on the modules. Its nice to pay extra for something name brand. Dealing with laptops i ve seen them all. There is no practical performance gain from one to another. You will attain about the same bandwidth on any module you use whne you stick it in a laptop. Not here to down the big brands but i wouuld rather pay less for a well known generic then pay more for a name brand. XMS = overclocked low latency ram. The ammount of money you spend on is not practical. Buy a less name brand module and overclock the hell out of it. Latency is overated. Test after test we found there is nothing there to substantiate its value. The controller is what makes a difference in bandwidth. By the way the figures that are supplied by manufacuters such as amd or intel on their controllers maximum throughput are absolutely bogus. I never was able to achieve those number no matter how much i overclocked or how low the latency was. Memory market like any other is name brand oriented. Buy good name brand modules but dont fall for the gimicks.

Eddie B.
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4422 Ave. N
Brooklyn, NY, 11234

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by RobotMule

 

the memory on my Z71v runs at 4.0-4-4-12.

drum while you work

 

So is Samsung the brand the W3V (North American) also comes from the factory with, or does it differ? Can someone (Justin) also remind us what brand of memory comes standard on the V6V as well? Thanks [8D]

 

Dell puts in the cheapest flavour of the day in their laptops because

they claim to have no inventory .

 

I don't remember if I've always seen this, but in the last year at least, all the sticks Asus has used have been made by Nanya ( http://www.nanya.com/ ). I believe they actually use their own memory modules as well.

But like hard drives and lcd screens..... ram is certainly something that is bid out and sourced from different places. Usually the brand of memory is up in the air when it's not expressly named in a spec. For something like what we do on the custom notebook side, we're really into corsair and we name the option as such. So when people select it, or say select a seagate hard drive.... they know they are getting corsair ram and a seagate drive.... not just what's cheapest that week.

Thanks,
Justin
PROPortable
www.proportable.com
[email protected]