Rams

[raiserblade2003]

hi, im planning on upgrading my comp by adding another stick of 512. so i was wondering does the name of the ram really matter? on pricewatch there is some generic 512meg for $50....on newegg, $62 (KRETON) was the lowest price. so does the name brand actually matter? would i see/notice the difference between the two?

[bigdawgfoxx]

Yeah it matters! Well if your other stick is a peice of shit then no it doesnt really mater. I would get at least some PNY or Kbyte or Ultra ram...there desent but not GREAT.

[Broken]

Yea, there can be a speed differnce. In all reality though, we would be talking about milli-seconds. There is really no such thing as slow RAM. I'd go with what's on sale.

[raiserblade2003]

so if i went w/ some big name brand....uhhhhh kingston, would i actually NOTICE the increase in speed? oh, and i dont plan on doing any overclocking.

[Broken]

No way in hell. You'd never be able to tell.

[raiserblade2003]

guess ill go w/ the cheap generic ones.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Not really. Maybe if you got some Corsair or Mushkin and had timings SO TIGHT, and also had dual channel, then u might notice that in gaming a little bit and benchmarks but thats IT!

I spent $140 on 512MB of Mushkin 2X256MB. It was alot but im sure well worth it...your paying alot for the supreme quality of these sticks.

[Broken]

Just as long as it comes with some kind of warrenty. You get one on just about anything though.

[wenze1]

Pny is pretty cheap too.

[camille]

Generic rams has no quality. If you've a spare money why don't you get a branded chip.