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    Which brand would you buy?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by aerowinged, Jan 21, 2008.

  1. aerowinged

    aerowinged Notebook Consultant

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    For laptop memory. These brands are all pretty much the same price, so which would you buy?

    Corsair, Geil, Mushkin, OCZ, A-Data, PNY, Partiot
     
    aerowinged, Jan 21, 2008
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  2. klutchrider

    klutchrider Notebook Evangelist

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    Whichever has the lifetime warranty.
     
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  3. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Which I believe is all of them :D. Buy the one that's cheapest.
     
    Lithus, Jan 21, 2008
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  4. swarmer

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    Corsair or OCZ.
    But I don't have anything to really base this on, except reputation/hearsay.
    But... that's what I would buy, if the price is similar.
     
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  5. aerowinged

    aerowinged Notebook Consultant

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    Those are all within $1-3 of eachother so the price is negligible.

    Ive always gone with corsair for desktop memory, but their laptop memory is labeled "Value Select" ... which makes is sound cheap or of lesser quality. So i wasnt sure if any of those other brands might be any better quality and more reliable
     
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  6. BHD

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    the differences in quality is negligible so go with the one that sounds the coolest.
     
    BHD, Jan 21, 2008
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    Atomicdeluxe, Jan 21, 2008
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    samsung has always good latencies and kingston the exact opposite...
     
    wolfraider, Jan 21, 2008
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    I like Crucial best. But second choice would be Corsair. But they probably all do the same thing. My opinions are just probably popularity or hearsay. But go for the one with the lowest latency, cheapest price, and longest warranty.
     
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    If you're not into overclocking, the ram doesn't matter. All are the same, especially if you get a lifetie warranty. Personally, i just upgraded my ram today to 2 gb(gotta update my sig) from micron to kingston.
     
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  11. Lithus

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    Dude, 1-3 dollars is like a Big Mac. Don't tell me that's insignificant, 'cause that's tasty money there.
     
    Lithus, Jan 21, 2008
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