Looking for good RAM

I was looking on canadacomputers for RAM (8 GB) and this one was the best they had, it's ADATA Supreme Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz CL9 SODIMM.
( ADATA Supreme Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz CL9 SODIMM (SU3S1333C4G9-2) | Canada Computers)
How do I know what I want in Ram? I know I want 8GB 1333MHz, but what's the difference between the companies? Anyone know of better 8 GB Ram on different Canadian websites, or is this one good?

 

RAM is RAM is RAM. ADATA tends to be on the lower side of RAM resellers, but I haven't had real problems with them.

I personally recommend Crucial and Corsair. Nothing but good luck with those manufacturers. In actuality it is more about the company you buy it from because there are only few DRAM manufacturers left in the world and warranty/RMA services are more important.

 

I agree Ram is Ram is Ram.

 

Not really such thing as "good" RAM and "bad" RAM - there is only working RAM and not-working RAM

I would still not risk with unknown brands, but just buy the cheapest from a known brand.

 

ADATA is a proven brand, as long as the specs match what you need, you'll be just fine.

 

hi all

sorry to post here, I just registered and I want to look for solution to some problems in my laptop
where should I post my questions plz??

thanks and sorry again

 

well it depends on the problem. hardware, software ect ect.

 

The best way to know what you want in RAM is to know what you're going to be doing with your notebook. Are you heavy into gaming, rendering large images, photo editing, movie making? If so, you might want to beef up the amount of memory you install.

If you're concerned only with surfing the Web, doing some minor productivity work and such, then you wouldn't need extra RAM, you could easily get by with less memory.

One of the things you should be aware of is that chipsets in motherboards will limit the amount and type of memory you can effectively use. For example if a chipset will only accept memory that is rated for 1333MHz, buying 1600MHz rated memory can be a waste since the chipset will not run the RAM at that speed (and will subsequently "downclock" the memory to 1333MHz levels).

Regarding the timings in laptop memory (you are looking at CL9), most will agree that buying lower timing memory is pretty pointless, and generally not worth the cost of paying an extra premimum for it. The performance increase is insignificant, and as you move to higher capacity memory and frequencies, the timings become less important anyway.

As far as memory brands go, I'm pretty partial to OCZ, although I have since become a fan of Corsair memory products. Both companies warranties are excellent, and their customer support is top notch.

 

Going to have to vehemently disagree with you here, at least as far as OCZ is concerned. Discounting the mess surrounding their SSDs, I found OCZ's tech support, to put it nicely, subpar. I had a couple sets of desktop RAM that I bought a few years apart. One set was bad almost out of the box. The other would not run at its advertised timings but was completely functional if I backed off them a bit. OCZ did absolutely nothing to help. With the former set, I was fortunately able to get a refund from the seller. With the latter, I simply dealt with it until I sold that system. OCZ's responses were terse and condescending. They wanted to blame everything else but their product for what was going wrong with my systems.

I've had much better luck with Mushkin and G.Skill. The former is in the process of replacing a dead SSD. Getting the RMA for the drive was relatively painless, though they did take almost three business days to reply to my support request despite their web site claiming it only takes one. At least everything is being handled with no hassle thus far.

With G.Skill, I had to RMA a set of DDR2 memory that was going on five years old when one of the sticks failed. Sometimes a "lifetime warranty" ends up being just the product's lifetime that it's on the shelf. Not so in this case. The company granted the RMA and within two weeks, I had a brand new replacement in my hands. No fuss, no muss. Sometimes it can be hard to get service from companies that don't have a major presence in the United States, but I'm well pleased with the outcome here. G.Skill will continue to earn my business as a result.

 

IIRC, OCZ has left the RAM business.

Michael

 

I'd say crucial or kingston are good ones. Gskill is ok. Unless you overclock, any RAM will work.

 

Nanya, Samsung, Corsair,Infineon,crucial(micron),ect stay with a name brand one,,generic ones maybe good or not,,however most of the rma's I have seen on supplier web site forums are from no name brands. ram prices are falling like rain,,also,,I bought some corsair about a yr ago sodimm ddr2,,now I can get double the ram amount for the same price, it will be nice when(2x4Gb) 8GB Sodimm DDR2 is around $50.

Cheers
3Fees

 

Probably not going to happen. Noone really makes DDR2 anymore, so prices for that are probably about as low as they're going to get, and might even be going up.