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"Quality" vs "Quanity" Memory

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BlueHaz currently has 512 of Corsair 2 x CMX256A-3200C2 for memory. As I am getting my list of stuff for the F/S thread ready, I found some "inexpensive" RAM that would allow me to go to 2 x 512. The choices are "High Performance" Rosewill (RW400 / 512DT) or NCP NC7831.

Now would I (in the long run) be ahead going with amount vs "quality" as the board has limited OC'ing abilities and running XP Home? :confused:
 
I would stick with name brand stuff for the most part, but that depends on HOW much cheaper you are talking for the 1gig vs 512mb.

"In the long run" is a difficult choice because you obviously do not want the cheap ram to break in a month, but a gig of ram would hold you over for a good while.

My vote goes to the 512 of Corsair stuff now and just save some money and add more later.
 
Guess I need to rephrase my question as the 2 x 512's that I mentioned, I already own. Was just wondering if I would that much better off going with 1Gb of "average" RAM than keeping the 512 of "performance" RAM in the system!
 
IMO I would go with 1GB vs 512 if you do much gaming. As long as the 1GB works and has been tested to be good. Some budget ram is good and some is crap.
 
It depends on what you are doing. If your into overclocking, benchmark pissing contests and the such, then get the better name brand ram. If your just running stock, might as well save the money and get the generic stuff. To tell you the truth, they are all about the same. The only difference is the initial failure rate. The name brand stuff has a lower initial (first boot) failure rate than the generic stuff probably because they bother to test it in exchange for twice the amount of money. Newegg offers a pretty good return policy anyways, so all you will be losing is the time spent on rmaing some dead sticks if they are. It is very very rare for memory to run and then crap out after a month. Problems develop really quickly or they don't for a few years.
 
Rix2357 said:
It depends on what you are doing. If your into overclocking, benchmark pissing contests and the such, then get the better name brand ram. If your just running stock, might as well save the money and get the generic stuff. To tell you the truth, they are all about the same. The only difference is the initial failure rate. The name brand stuff has a lower initial (first boot) failure rate than the generic stuff probably because they bother to test it in exchange for twice the amount of money. Newegg offers a pretty good return policy anyways, so all you will be losing is the time spent on rmaing some dead sticks if they are. It is very very rare for memory to run and then crap out after a month. Problems develop really quickly or they don't for a few years.
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That doesn't explain why one stick of my 2x512MB Infinity (generic) PC3200 died last week. Bought it April, 2005 and sent it in for exchange.

But for the most part, he's right. Stuff like that either fail right away or, for all intents and purposes, last forever. Unless you do something really stupid (such as HUGE overvolting) or you're very unlucky (your comp getting struck by lightning, for example). I fell in the under the latter part - I've seen dozens of 1-3 year comps running on generic RAM that are rock stable. Many of the computers I "maintain" (well, sort of maintain) are on generic RAM, including mine. But then again I don't overclock.

P.S. my RAM gets up to 221MHz, 3-3-3-8, 2.5v before it starts producing garbage in Memtest (before half of it failed, that is).
 
Go for the gig, for now.
In budget ram's defense, there are tons of sticks with lifetime warranties. And they'll serve their purpose without catching fire. Doesn't sound as if you're going to be OC'ing much anyway.
 
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