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Kingston Value vs Corsair Value?

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Hey guys, I'm looking to buy another 2 gigs of memory for my 'puter, for a total of 3 gigs.

I'm browsing through newegg and found two, 2x1 memory kits for around $40.

Which would you prefer:

Kingston PC2-5300 2x1GB ValueRAM
or
Corsair PC2-5300 2x1GB ValueSelect

I don't plan on overclocking, but I do game and multitask quite often, so I'm looking for something reliable and won't fail under stress. I suppose warranty and customer support are considerations as well, in case anything goes wrong.
 
from my experience with value ram from both brands

Quality - Corsair
Warranty - Corsair
Customer support - Corsair (hands down! Likewise, they're forum is extremely useful in resolving any problems you may have)

I'm running 4Gb of Corsair Value DDR667 with no problems for almost a year now, and we upgraded 5 PCs in our office with Value ram as well....all's been good)

The reason why I and our small company switched to Corsair was precisley because the system builder we had contracted used Kingston value ram and 4 sticks from 3 different workstations went bad within a period of half a year. Could have been a bad batch, but nonetheless.
 
Cliff Couser said:
from my experience with value ram from both brands

Quality - Corsair
Warranty - Corsair
Customer support - Corsair (hands down! Likewise, they're forum is extremely useful in resolving any problems you may have)
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Sweet, I'll take the Corsair then.

Thanks for the help.
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I was recently surprised that my 2GB Kingston PC5300 dual-channel modules passed all tests, even when slightly overclocked, because 8 out of 11-12 Kingston DDR PC3200 512MB modules had failed my testing.

I too have never had a bad Corsair module.
 
I have always had good luck with Kingston personally, but haven't had any for a while. My last Kingston was DDR Hyperx.

While I personally haven't had any Kingston fail, in a production environment with hundreds of high-end systems, I've had plenty of Corsair fail (their flagship lines).

Either way, failures happen. Both are good, although I've never dealt with Kingston's RMA dept. Corsair has always been no troubles.
 
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