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    Major Brand RAM??

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Nvidia, Oct 21, 2007.

  1. Nvidia

    Nvidia Notebook Consultant

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    I am looking for a 2GB stick of PC2-5300 for my notebook (see signature) The cheapest one i found was "Major Brand". Should I buy it? Does the brand really matter? Will i see better proformance/heat/life? thanks for all help.
     
    Nvidia, Oct 21, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    I never heard of that brand. I would say stick to a reputable brand like corsair, or oxz, or crucial, or kingston or several others. You won't see a difference, but it's just better to know you have a quality stick in there rather than some cheapo that might give out and have no way of replacing.
     
    adinu, Oct 21, 2007
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  3. Ethyriel

    Ethyriel Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, that means generic at some resellers, and at others it just means they'll give you whatever's cheapest among brands like Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, or sometimes PNY, A-Data, Transcend...

    I wouldn't take the chance, memory quality is very important to the overall stability of your machine and integrity of your data. See my rant in the Crucial vs OCZ thread a couple days ago.
     
    Ethyriel, Oct 21, 2007
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    Does it have a lifetime warranty?
     
    Thibault, Oct 22, 2007
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