Is mushkin a good memory brand?

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DGMurdockIII

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What do you all think about the memory brand Mushkin? Good? Bad? Or have you not heard of therm
 
They were fairly well known maybe a decade ago but I haven't heard much from them recently. They used to be decent, IIRC.
 
Still good from what I hear, though the last memory I bought from them was in 2012, 12GB DDR3 kit which is still running stong.
 
Been using Mushkin since my 300A, or darn close to then. Had dozens of sets with no issue.
 
DGMurdockIII said:
What do you all think about the memory brand Mushkin? Good? Bad? Or have you not heard of therm
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Last 3 builds are all Mushkin without a single issue, Hell my IP35 is coming up to almost 9 years old and I replaced the first set of Mushkin 2G to double the ram with blackline 4G which is still rock solid.
 
Memory yes, I wouldn't buy their SSDs, they tend to use sub-par controllers.
 
Yeah for SSD I now there way better brands but for memory I just wanted to have one are two brand i stick to i usually buy Patriot but recently after 6 years I wanted to get some muskin I didnt now if the best for speed I bougt a DDR4 16gb kit
 
Yes, they're good for RAM. I just got a DDR3 kit made by them. Their "Stealth" 8GB (2x4GB) CAS9 DDR3L-1600 1.35V. It's working fine at the rated CAS and voltage.
 
What was werid is the motherboard i use muskin ddr4 memory in wouldn't boot with all 4 sticks in only 3 in
 
DGMurdockIII said:
It a skylake motherboard and cpu if u want the exact info i can give you it
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I meant how did you fix it? Did different DDR4 of the same speed work with 4 sticks in that motherboard? Did swapping the motherboard allow the 4 sticks of Mushkin DDR4 to work? Was one of the sticks bad?
 
I remember in the old AMD Athlon days, they were AMAZING, among the best of the best. They may just be run-of-the-mill at this point, as I see most folks going Corsair/G.Skill.
 
They are a good brand, unlike some other(s) (e.g.Corsair) that will not sell you under-rated memory that has to be "overclocked" to only run what it is rated at. I came across, many that did not understand or know the issue: Is Corsair Trying To Fool Us?. Mushkin sells the memory as spec'ed with proper JEDEC and XMP. Limited lifetime warranty on the product, and easy to work with for RMA's.
 
Shikami said:
They are a good brand, unlike some other(s) (e.g.Corsair) that will not sell you under-rated memory that has to be "overclocked" to only run what it is rated at. I came across, many that did not understand or know the issue: Is Corsair Trying To Fool Us?. Mushkin sells the memory as spec'ed with proper JEDEC and XMP. Limited lifetime warranty on the product, and easy to work with for RMA's.
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I looked at some of your thread and I think you're perhaps misinterpreting things a bit. Back sometime around when DDR2-800 came out most memory makers intentionally made the default JEDEC profile a relaxed profile and put the intended profile in the XMP. The logic behind this was that not all motherboards would run the RAM at the faster/tighter tolerances successfully and if you made those settings the default you'd have some systems that wouldn't POST/boot leading to angry customers. So the idea is that the relaxed default would POST/boot in pretty much everything and you could adjust the timings or use the XMP profile to get the faster rated speed.

Obviously this methodology doesn't work in laptops or systems that offer very little BIOS adjustment.
 
That wasn't the case. If the screen shots were still available it would make much more sense.

Corsair was actually taking 1333 rated chips, and then using XMP to clock them to 1600 with particular timings. When browsing around you can find the information about the RAM on Corsair's site: It specifically stated SPD 1333 for "1600" RAM (Vengeance® — 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9G)). However, Newegg when making the purchase specifically states that the memory was 1600 and 9-9-9 (CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A1600C9R (Red) - Newegg.com). It is simple, I wanted real 1600 RAM at timings of 9-9-9 via SPD because that is what was supposedly stated via Neweggs' website. To note, the XMP profile even pissed me off even more when the command rate was 2T for "performance" RAM.
 
I used to buy a lot of Mushkin RAM, never had any real issues with any of it. They have been around for a good while and I would not hesitate to buy their ram if your board supports it.
 
Mushkin, PQI, Patriot... even Kingston to an extent. All brands that've been more or less forgotten. Nothing wrong with them though. Now it's kind of Corsair or G.Skill to most.
 
They use to be famous (maybe one of the best)… now, personally I wouldn’t risk it with them (that’s for me) I switched to G.Skill since 5 years and never had problem.
 
EmualDave2 said:
They use to be famous (maybe one of the best)… now, personally I wouldn’t risk it with them (that’s for me) I switched to G.Skill since 5 years and never had problem.
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Just curious, but why would you not "risk it" with them? Pretty sure they have a lifetime warranty like most other good brands. Most of this stuff is the same underneath the pretty heatsinks/labels anyhow.
 
We order gobs of ram at work to avoid paying Dell for it. Kingston (FB-DIMM and ECC Dimms), and Mushkin (laptops and desktops). All fine, never any issues.
 
Mushkin was great back in the day, and still pretty viable as a choice nowadays. TBH I think they missed out on the opportunity to expand (unlike Corsair from 2008-onwards), which is why they've stagnated a bit in consumer perception over the last few years (their attempt at a PSU line unfortunately didn't turn out well, with some low-end models). Still a good brand, though, and I wouldn't hesitate to get it if (of course) the price was right.
 
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