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    "Premium" memory

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Peon, Oct 11, 2009.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is Kingston the only company that sells something other than value RAM SO-DIMMs? Also, is there any reason to get anything other than HyperX given that the price difference between HyperX and value RAM from other companies is like $2-5?
     
    Peon, Oct 11, 2009
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Corsair has some premium memory, it is called gaming series

    It is not worth the extra money, there is no difference in performance.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 11, 2009
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There are a several companies with performance memory such as Super Talent, Corsair, Mushkin, etc. Are they worth it? In the shortest possible answer: no. You get zero real life benefits.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 11, 2009
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I think they are worth it if you overclock your FSB.

    Better ram will be more stable when it's overclocked. It will let you overclock the FSB further.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 12, 2009
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  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Except 99% of the people don't OC notebooks.
     
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  6. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    heck the vendors don't even let you up the FSB
     
    weinter, Oct 12, 2009
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  7. jenesuispasbavard

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    Actually, I was considering the same thing. I'm planning to get an Asus G51VX-RX05 and upgrade the CPU and RAM, then overclock the FSB.

    So these premium modules will overclock better (if I overclock FSB), or will I still be limited by the CPU or chipset?
     
    jenesuispasbavard, Oct 12, 2009
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  8. newsposter

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    Please define 'better ram' and how you can tell it from 'not better ram'.

    Ignore name brand, price, marketing fluff.

    What specs and production processes are used to create 'better ram'.
     
    newsposter, Oct 12, 2009
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  9. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    you might benefit from ram with tighter timings, but try the stock ram first, if you can get decent results, then don't bother with high end modules.
    also, most of these kits are made for desktops.
     
    tianxia, Oct 12, 2009
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  10. vadimpelau

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    I wouldn't recommend HyperX series at leat on notebooks.

    I had a pair of "bad" modules (memtest, GTA IV), RMA and memtest failures again. Another user on this forum had the same issue.

    There is no way of runing them, not even with a single module and the case open. I ended up flashing the EEPROM from 5.5.5.15 to 6.6.6.18.
     
    vadimpelau, Oct 12, 2009
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  11. Trottel

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    Memory bandwidth is not a limiting factor on laptops these days, so tighter timings or higher clocks isn't going to net you much of anything. The only way sticks rated at a higher memory speed can help is if you overclock and your ram is holding you back as far as FSB is concerned. Of course you could make the ram run at a slower frequency to begin with, for example 667Mhz instead of 800Mhz to give you the headroom you need. This may be done by flashing even if such a setting isn't available in the bios or whatnot.
     
    Trottel, Oct 12, 2009
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  12. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hmm, in that case... What brands would you guys recommend?
     
    Peon, Oct 12, 2009
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  13. sgogeta4

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    Are you overclocking? What system do you have? DDR2 or DDR3 memory?
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 12, 2009
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  14. Trottel

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    I just buy whatever is cheapest.
     
    Trottel, Oct 12, 2009
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  15. __-_-_-__

    __-_-_-__ God

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    ocz and patriot too.
    there's only 1 thing that would make me buy premium memory: lifetime warranty.
     
    __-_-_-__, Oct 12, 2009
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  16. NAS Ghost

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    Most value memory has a lifetime warranty as well does it not?
     
    NAS Ghost, Oct 12, 2009
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  17. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    Yes it does. If you pay extra for *premium memory* on a laptop...well you wasted your money.
     
    Angelic, Oct 13, 2009
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