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newegg rip off memory?

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mewannafastpc

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my friend said something about newegg ripping people off when they order memory...
he said his cuz had to send back what he bought like 3 or 4 times
he said he bought corsair or mushkin

is this true?
or was that guy just really unlucky
 
First of all
Why was it bad
1) could it not run dual channel
2) could it not run at rated timings
3) could it not run at rated speeds

Look at it this way: If newegg was ripping ppl off, why would they allow him to RMA it 4 times?

was he overclocking?

its not neweggs' fault if he cant boot 1:1 at 201 fsb but his pc3200 runs 2-3-3-6 at 200mhz flawlessly

whats the big rip?

edit im confused about ur sig
P4 2.8C
@ 1.92 volts
Asus P4C800 deluxe
corsair xms PC2700 2-3-3-6 256MB Dual channel

am i reading it right that you have a 2.8C.... and your running it a 1.92v... not overclocked.... and no indications of a prometia? umm your proc is gonna die if it isnt dead already

BTW you need new ram... steal your buddy's other 3 pair :p
 
Originally posted by mewannafastpc
my friend said something about newegg ripping people off when they order memory...
he said his cuz had to send back what he bought like 3 or 4 times
he said he bought corsair or mushkin

is this true?
or was that guy just really unlucky
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its not true
 
Originally posted by Cloud15x
First of all
Why was it bad
1) could it not run dual channel
2) could it not run at rated timings
3) could it not run at rated speeds

Look at it this way: If newegg was ripping ppl off, why would they allow him to RMA it 4 times?

was he overclocking?

its not neweggs' fault if he cant boot 1:1 at 201 fsb but his pc3200 runs 2-3-3-6 at 200mhz flawlessly

whats the big rip?

edit im confused about ur sig
P4 2.8C
@ 1.92 volts
Asus P4C800 deluxe
corsair xms PC2700 2-3-3-6 256MB Dual channel

am i reading it right that you have a 2.8C.... and your running it a 1.92v... not overclocked.... and no indications of a prometia? umm your proc is gonna die if it isnt dead already

BTW you need new ram... steal your buddy's other 3 pair :p
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he didn't tell me the details... i had a feeling he was bullshitting anyways thats why i went to you guys...
oh haha sorry bout that
i used to have a 1.4 that i oced to 1.9 and i needed to crank the voltage pretty high
and the reason i have that ram is because i didn't have a chance to upgrade yet and im still running burn in software and stability stuff to make sure i got a good chip before i overclock
 
Originally posted by NotSoSimple
Hope it aint true...Just ordered RAM last night..Mushkin also.
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its not, with all my systems combined, i've bought 3GB of Corsair from the Egg. And not a single stick has failed me.
 
Originally posted by mewannafastpc
my friend said something about newegg ripping people off when they order memory...
he said his cuz had to send back what he bought like 3 or 4 times
he said he bought corsair or mushkin

is this true?
or was that guy just really unlucky
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SOunds to me that your buddy is talking out his ass. I'd lay dollars to donuts that he blew up his memory a few times and is laying the blame on newegg to cover his error...
 
Originally posted by Nate7311
SOunds to me that your buddy is talking out his ass. I'd lay dollars to donuts that he blew up his memory a few times and is laying the blame on newegg to cover his error...
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Signed.
 
yes i just ordered mushkin pc3500 1gig lvl1 today to.

the ram is for my ic7-max3
 
I ordered a modem today at 1pm and they haven't shipped it. Now I have to have my parents ship it to me when I move this weekend. GREAT JOB NEWEGG!!!
 
sounds like your cuz ordered mushkin and didnt get the heatspreader color he wanted
 
Originally posted by MrFace
I ordered a modem today at 1pm and they haven't shipped it. Now I have to have my parents ship it to me when I move this weekend. GREAT JOB NEWEGG!!!
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did you pay for rush shipping?

if so did you ment their requirements?

* Order is submitted before 12 noon PST.
* Your transaction and credit card authorization is successfully completed before 12:30PM PST.
* Your shipping address matches your credit card billing address (i.e. No alternate ship to address.)
* This is not a pre-paid order.
 
ummmmmmmmmm i think he was joking about the modem thing......

unless your joking also............


hah hah?
 
Originally posted by mtbaird
ummmmmmmmmm i think he was joking about the modem thing......

unless your joking also............


hah hah?
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ohhh i get it now..

i guess i don't have a sense of humor :mad:
 
Newegg kicks ass that is true but I am doubtful of Mushkin. As many of you guys probably saw my posts and I continue to warn people. I have ordered three 1 gig packs from Newegg and all of them have been bad. 3500 stuff too. I am waiting for the refund on the last one right now and I am going to try Corsair. It could very well have just been my bad luck cuz that is just how my life seems to work. And please don't come at me with did you try this or that or you suck its not Mushkins fault they have never made a bad stick of ram ever! The ram was Bad. I know what I am doing.
 
Originally posted by thezfunk
Newegg kicks ass that is true but I am doubtful of Mushkin. As many of you guys probably saw my posts and I continue to warn people. I have ordered three 1 gig packs from Newegg and all of them have been bad. 3500 stuff too. I am waiting for the refund on the last one right now and I am going to try Corsair. It could very well have just been my bad luck cuz that is just how my life seems to work. And please don't come at me with did you try this or that or you suck its not Mushkins fault they have never made a bad stick of ram ever! The ram was Bad. I know what I am doing.
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define "bad." either they had a bad batch, or you screwed up. if you couldnt get a super high OC, then who cares, they have no reason to promise that. if they memtested bad at stock settings, it could be something deeper, like the board
 
Originally posted by kronchev
define "bad." either they had a bad batch, or you screwed up. if you couldnt get a super high OC, then who cares, they have no reason to promise that. if they memtested bad at stock settings, it could be something deeper, like the board
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0-3 is a pretty bad ratio to be being so sure of yourself. Isn't it possible that you may have done something wrong? I mean, i want to trust you and all, and i dont mean to sound like a know-it-all asshole but in my experience, people are frequently wrong even when they say "trust me." Honestly, 0-3 is hard to believe.
 
Is it just me or has he actually said what was wrong with the memory? All I know is that he order three sticks of the stuff and had to return turn them because they where "bad." What was "bad" about them?
What you didn't get a super high OC (which newegg doesn't even promise or has anything to do with) and now you want to complain?
I've ordered my own share of stuff from Newegg and I would "trust them with my first born" based off of my experince (have yet to RMA a thing).
 
i buy everything from newegg
they kick ass. never ONCE have i had a corsair from newegg fail me
i have ordered over 10 gig from there not ONE stick was bad
 
Jesus Christ you people!

By 'Bad' I mean they wouldn't run stock speeds in anyone of 3 boards without shooting out 2500+ errors in memtest. That should answer your questions right there.

Just because I don't have a Bazillion posts and my name on here is still 'cheeze' doesn't mean I don't know what I am talking about. I don't know everything but I am able to effectively test ram for christ's sake. And yes I just used a double negative.
 
You know when it comes down to it, if you cant wait for neweggs' shipping and you wanna be a dick to them, you can just go waist your money elsewhere.

Try compusa, they seem to have some great generic shit. Oh yah when you generic ram dies, you have a lifetime warrenty for $24.99, but if you dont get it, your SOL.
 
Fwiw, I have two pairs[ 4 sticks] of Mushkin pc3200 lvl 1 bought at 2 seperate times from Newegg in the last 3 weeks.
All 4 sticks perform at their rated specs or BETTER.
I'm very happy with Mushkin and Newegg.
 
Originally posted by thezfunk
Jesus Christ you people!

By 'Bad' I mean they wouldn't run stock speeds in anyone of 3 boards without shooting out 2500+ errors in memtest. That should answer your questions right there.

Just because I don't have a Bazillion posts and my name on here is still 'cheeze' doesn't mean I don't know what I am talking about. I don't know everything but I am able to effectively test ram for christ's sake. And yes I just used a double negative.
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EDIT: Forgot to read entire thread.

Never trusted Mushkin. Corsair just got onto my "acceptable" list within the last six months.
 
Originally posted by thezfunk
Jesus Christ you people!

By 'Bad' I mean they wouldn't run stock speeds in anyone of 3 boards without shooting out 2500+ errors in memtest. That should answer your questions right there.

Just because I don't have a Bazillion posts and my name on here is still 'cheeze' doesn't mean I don't know what I am talking about. I don't know everything but I am able to effectively test ram for christ's sake. And yes I just used a double negative.
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relax dude, how are we supposed to know how much you do or do not know? You didn't say anything except "trust me" the first post... real reassuring:rolleyes:

Edit: BH5/Mushkin/Other brands are known to have problems in test 5/8 (it's in the FAQ on memtest86.com). if your 3 different boards were nforces, it perhaps might not even be a problem. I've had some modules fail test 5 but run perfectly stable (prime stable too). It's just a known issue on NF2 boards
 
Originally posted by diredesire

Edit: BH5/Mushkin/Other brands are known to have problems in test 5/8 (it's in the FAQ on memtest86.com). if your 3 different boards were nforces, it perhaps might not even be a problem. I've had some modules fail test 5 but run perfectly stable (prime stable too). It's just a known issue on NF2 boards
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same thing on my board with my mushkin and memtest...test 5 freezes for me, but in windows everything is stable

and i've bought from newegg since June '03...
2 corsairxms
2 hyperx
4 geil
2 buffalo
6 mushkin - can oc all of these sticks to 240mhz+

all worked perfectly and all of them reached rated speeds and higher.
 
Originally posted by thezfunk
Jesus Christ you people!

By 'Bad' I mean they wouldn't run stock speeds in anyone of 3 boards without shooting out 2500+ errors in memtest. That should answer your questions right there.

Just because I don't have a Bazillion posts and my name on here is still 'cheeze' doesn't mean I don't know what I am talking about. I don't know everything but I am able to effectively test ram for christ's sake. And yes I just used a double negative.
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ok, but what i see is youre just some random no name guy who has come into these forums screaming shit about a brand of memory that is reputed to be one of the best, if not THE best brand, that has thousands of satisfied and happy users, and that has had NO problems as far as Ive heard. now what are we to base it on, one person's experiances, since people can make mistakes, or the reputation of a very large, very respected brand?
 
I can see how you people can be skeptical, but this being about the 4th or 5th post where I have tried to give someone a friendly heads up and just got flamed. It gets old and it pisses you off after awhile. 2 of the boards I used were Nforce but the other one was KT600 board.

I hadn't heard about that test 5 thing before and true alot of the errors I got were in test 5. But this stuff wasn't stable in windows and I was also getting errors in tests 1,3, and 4. So my WHOLE point was yes...alot of people swear by this stuff BUT becareful others wouldn't. I have kept in contact with Tech support at Newegg about all of this because I was curious to know if maybe after all I was doing something wrong or if others were having the same problem. Turns out Newegg has been getting ALOT of Mushkin ram returned mainly it seems the 3500 stuff. I am not the only one and what I am starting to suspect is that ram companies don't have a true 3500 speed of ram. They just find some 3200 they can overclock and call it 3500.

Now it is time to get ready and run to Best Buy to pick up the new IL2 Forgotten Battles Expansion. If any of you love WWII combat flight simulators this one is the best hands down. Microsoft ain't got nothing on them.
 
I haven't had a problem with RAM purchased from NewEgg...

They do however seem to take their sweet time shipping anything I order, unless I pay the extra for same day shipping. They never seem to get it out that day regardless, but they usually get it out the next day and refund my same day shipping charge. If I don't do the same day shipping they usually sit on my order for a couple of days before they process and ship.
 
You know if you had explained the problem FROM THE BEGINNING you wouldn't have gotten "flamed."
I still don't see how it's Newegg's fault that your Muskin ram was defective. No one flamed you because your a "n00b," they "flamed" you because all you said was "Newegg bad!" when we all know that isn't true. Next time you try and do this BE SPECIFIC AND GIVE A COMPLETE RECOUNT OR WHAT HAPPENED! And come up with a different thread name, I only click because it said "newegg rip off memory?" when it should have been "Mushkin: A rip off memory?".

I have never used Muskin myself (I perferr Corsair) but I have heard good and bad things on both sides about them. But I also know that the AMD chipsets (nForce2 and KT600) have trouble with certain types of memory. Some company's memory just runs more stable then others with those boards- same for P4 boards too. Maybe you should have read the FAQ about it. BH5 memory is hungry for voltage so maybe the problem was the voltage wasn't set properly (on the memory and the motherboard) for it to operate at stock speeds.

Never buy from a compny that you haven't had some experience with, thats why I haven't used Mushkin...yet. ;)
 
Originally posted by CrimandEvil
You know if you had explained the problem FROM THE BEGINNING you wouldn't have gotten "flamed."
I still don't see how it's Newegg's fault that your Muskin ram was defective. No one flamed you because your a "n00b," they "flamed" you because all you said was "Newegg bad!" when we all know that isn't true. Next time you try and do this BE SPECIFIC AND GIVE A COMPLETE RECOUNT OR WHAT HAPPENED! And come up with a different thread name, I only click because it said "newegg rip off memory?" when it should have been "Mushkin: A rip off memory?".

I have never used Muskin myself (I perferr Corsair) but I have heard good and bad things on both sides about them. But I also know that the AMD chipsets (nForce2 and KT600) have trouble with certain types of memory. Some company's memory just runs more stable then others with those boards- same for P4 boards too. Maybe you should have read the FAQ about it. BH5 memory is hungry for voltage so maybe the problem was the voltage wasn't set properly (on the memory and the motherboard) for it to operate at stock speeds.

Never buy from a compny that you haven't had some experience with, thats why I haven't used Mushkin...yet. ;)
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i agree, why bash newegg, its not like they made the ram

also, they did RMA it each time it sounds like, seems to me they should be getting a pat on the back for that
 
mushkin in sig...nuff said

however, my friend just got same stuff from newegg and it was bad. trust me;)
 
Originally posted by computerpro3
mushkin in sig...nuff said

however, my friend just got same stuff from newegg and it was bad. trust me;)
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ROFL! :D
 
im sorry for starting this i'll remember to not trust my "friend" he wasn't really a friend just a guy that talked to me too much.
 
Ummm...guys...

1. I didn't start this post

2. I never spoke bad about Newegg.

3. Its real easy to see if you are getting 'used' ram back. Check the pins. Just inserting Ram once into your MB will put 'scratches' in the pins. If they are spotless you know it is new.
 
Originally posted by thezfunk
Ummm...guys...

1. I didn't start this post

2. I never spoke bad about Newegg.

3. Its real easy to see if you are getting 'used' ram back. Check the pins. Just inserting Ram once into your MB will put 'scratches' in the pins. If they are spotless you know it is new.
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wouldn't that make it "untested-at-the-factory"?
 
I highly doubt its tested at the factory by popping it into some ramdom motherboard
 
Originally posted by thezfunk
I highly doubt its tested at the factory by popping it into some ramdom motherboard
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oh it's tested before shipped out to resellers
if they didn't test and they had nothing but all BAD ram...YA!!!!....talk about a BAD company who cares nothing about there customers
 
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