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does mushkin make the most reliable RAM?

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somebody was telling me mushkin RAM were moe stable (as in less doa) then cosair or g.skill... any thoughts?
 
Personal experience as I use to do warranty and replacements for these sort of things, around the 1366 and early 1155 platforms G.Skill RipJaws and OCZ Gold Series in particular had the highest return and fault rate (as well as DOA) that needed to be RMA'd or replaced. Corsair XMS modules also had a high fault rate but no-where near the figures of RipJaws. Kingston HyperX, Patroit, Mushkin, Geil and Crucial had the lowest returns, RMA, DOA, faults etc. The RipJaws was cheap for a reason compared to its competitors.

I'm not sure how RipJaws fare these days and whether or not G.Skill have improved there game but I don't touch them and put my money on Mushkin Blackline/Redline, Corsair Dominator and Kingston ram.
 
Same here, Ripjaw, never a problem, but then I am just one sample. But then I have the 1000w Mushkin PSU that didn't get a stellar review here at H and it has been stellar for me and have been using it for a few years now.
 
In the past I'd pick Mushkin above all others. ...haven't tried them in recent years though.

Back in the Socket A SDR/DDR1 era days they made some of the best, if not THE best, RAM.
 
I have had G.Skill in my last (3) builds. Have 2x8gb 1866 DDR3 G.Skill Ares in current machine. Never have had an issue with G.Skill.
I wonder if the higher RMA rate for G.Skill is due to the quantity they sell?
Most buy based on price and its seem G.Skill is always competitive priced. JMO
 
I've never used Mushkin myself, have been using RipJaws for awhile now in builds.

Once upon a time Mushkins were supposed to be fantastic, but I've become a bit of a G.Skill fanboi myself.

The RipJaws OC better than similar Dominators I have around in another rig, and I have a few old really odd OCZ sets around.
 
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MongGrel said:
I've never used Mushkin myself, have been using RipJaws mostly for awhile now.

Once upon a time Mushkins were supposed to be fantastic, but I've become a bit of a G.Skill fanboi myself.
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Agreed - when I first started building my own machines years ago, Mushkin was like the Cadillac/Mercedes of memory. And, it had the higher price to go with it. I wanted it - but just couldn't afford it. Now I can afford it, but it's hard when G.Skill has been so good to me over the years...
 
I have had extremely good results with G.Skill memory... Never had an issue at all, seems to be very reliable and stable..
 
RAM is RAM these days, honestly. Though apparently some Corsair kits aren't playing nice with Z170 / Skylake lately.
 
I run nothing but G.Skill now days for my builds and custom builds for clients. Out of 50 sets of ram that I used in the past 3 years I only had 1 bad stick.
 
Matthew Kane said:
Personal experience as I use to do warranty and replacements for these sort of things, around the 1366 and early 1155 platforms G.Skill RipJaws and OCZ Gold Series in particular had the highest return and fault rate (as well as DOA) that needed to be RMA'd or replaced. Corsair XMS modules also had a high fault rate but no-where near the figures of RipJaws. Kingston HyperX, Patroit, Mushkin, Geil and Crucial had the lowest returns, RMA, DOA, faults etc. The RipJaws was cheap for a reason compared to its competitors.

I'm not sure how RipJaws fare these days and whether or not G.Skill have improved there game but I don't touch them and put my money on Mushkin Blackline/Redline, Corsair Dominator and Kingston ram.
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No wonder they call them the RipJaws and not the LifeJaws.
All joking aside, I've used a few RipJaws kits over the past few years and none have failed.
I usually stick to Crucial's Ballistix line (Tracer/Tactical/Tactical Tracer/Elite) only because I remember Voodoo would exclusively use them in their Omens which convinced me they were the best stuff haha

The one memory manufacturer I avoid is Corsair because I feel all their products are hyped up by fanboys, and their oddly lowered CL and raised tRCD/tRP is a marking gimmick for lower latency. The only ones I would consider are the Dominators as they go through more rigorous testing (still true?) but they are never cost effective.
 
From my personal experience, from all of like 20 kits I used for my systems and those of friends, none have failed yet. Those were all from different manufacturers (i remember Mushkin, Corsair, Crucial, G.Skill, Kingston, Samsung...)
 
I used to buy Corsair RAM exclusively, but recently I've bought a few sets of GSkill RAM and never had any problems. GSkill's pricing structure (at least here) makes their RAM cheaper than any other major brand across the board so as long as they keep that up I'll continue to buy their RAM.
 
rastaban said:
No wonder they call them the RipJaws and not the LifeJaws.
All joking aside, I've used a few RipJaws kits over the past few years and none have failed.
I usually stick to Crucial's Ballistix line (Tracer/Tactical/Tactical Tracer/Elite) only because I remember Voodoo would exclusively use them in their Omens which convinced me they were the best stuff haha

The one memory manufacturer I avoid is Corsair because I feel all their products are hyped up by fanboys, and their oddly lowered CL and raised tRCD/tRP is a marking gimmick for lower latency. The only ones I would consider are the Dominators as they go through more rigorous testing (still true?) but they are never cost effective.
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The only Corsairs I have ever owned are a set of Dominators, which are still running great, so I couldn't say there.

Have had many OCZ sets in the past also, I still have become a GSkill fanboi over time, they OC better than anything I've tried.
 
I got turned off to Mushkin years ago because I had really bad "luck" with their RAM.

I'm not too keen on Corsair RAM either as I have gotten faulty sets from them as well.

I pretty much use G.Skill exclusively now and have never gotten a single bad stick from them yet.
 
Last few machines ive built for myself and friends have used G.skill ram with no issues. Just built a new system with corsair ram, mainly because im a huge faggot and it has pretty lights on it.
 
silent-circuit said:
RAM is RAM these days, honestly. Though apparently some Corsair kits aren't playing nice with Z170 / Skylake lately.
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Yes and no... all depends what chips are used. G.skill for ddr4 been using Samsung ships almost exclusively. Other brands use some random stuff. Kingston almost always uses sk hynix those chips had a lot of issues with z170. I went through 3 sets until Kingston got a new revision of sk hynix chips.

Samsung chips are mostly much higher quality and since g.skill uses then I trust g.skill more then other brands now.
 
Never personally used Mushkin, but always heard good things. I have some Corsair and Crucial in my laptops that never did me dirty. But I use G.Skill on my desktop, and they have been working like champs! These days, I feel they are one of the true competitors in the RAM world.
 
heatshiver said:
Never personally used Mushkin, but always heard good things. I have some Corsair and Crucial in my laptops that never did me dirty. But I use G.Skill on my desktop, and they have been working like champs! These days, I feel they are one of the true competitors in the RAM world.
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I've had all of the above + adata with no problems.
 
Mushkin is good. I used to help them years ago with some side work. Anyway, guys there are passionate about their work. That said, there can be bad modules in any brand, there can be incompatibilities that go un-noticed etc... I would use Mushkin again in a heartbeat. I do often use GSkill now just due to price, and they've treated me right. Never had to return a module, but from what I hear, their RMA is ok, not great but ok. Mushkin RMA should be better, but u will pay a premium for the product as well.
 
just retired four sticks of Corsair memory ran for 5 years without problems.
 
It's been years since ram has gone bad on me like 2003 years.. With that said if you plan I overclocking you'll want Something like muchkin if not you can probably get away with Something else. I'm using EVGA ram with great results.
 
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