Do Athlon platforms accept generic memory?

[MrFurious]

Hi. I have a friend who wants to build an Athlon with a Kt-133A board and cheap memory. I remember hearing that Athlons are very picky about what kind of memory they take? Is this fact or fiction? Thanks for your help!

 

[Adul]

depends on the boards. I have used generic ram with out a problem, but I still suggest good quality ram to avoid prolbems

 

[bacillus]

I second getting good quality ram as the athlon platform can be quite choosy!

 

[Noriaki]

I've used Generic memory in all most Athlon systems. I use good quality RAM now (becuase my generic were 2x64MB and I've tossed both my 64Meg chips now) and I would prefer Good quality, but I don't think it's needed.

 

[A2KLAU]

Generic will run, but just not be as good as the higher quality ram! I agree with all the guys! Good quality ram will boost performance and everything! And to avoid problems and picky mobos go for higher quality to be on the safe side!

Albert.

 

[erub]

They used to be more picky - I have an Asus K7M (AMD 750 chipset, for SlotA Athlons - not the current stuff!) and I could not make it take the Kingston ValueRAM i had bought. But let me emphazise that this is not valid with the current stuff...but with the KT133A chipset motherboards, the best OC results come from overclocking the FSB (not the multipler, as was the case with the KT133) and to overclock the FSB you need high quality RAM. Generic should work fine at its default speed, however, but don't expect to get any good OC results

 

[Schola]

I also have a K7M Slot A, read one of the older boards, However mine accepter my generic PC100 Ram. Guess i got Lucky

 

[Mem]

The old saying "better safe then sorry" go with good brand like Crucial for added stability.

🙂

 

[dcdomain]

I think the newer boards are much better in terms of ram acceptance. I'm running fine on my two Zeus Components modules...

 

[slpaulson]

Not to meantion crucial has some decent prices for great ram if you go through ebates and the free shipping deal going on.

 

[Bluga]

I use two Diffrent generic PC-133 ram without any major problem (24 hour server.) But it seems that some application will crash due to generic ram.

 

[MrFurious]

Thanks for all the posts guys. Sounds like the boards have gotten less choosy as the technology has matured, but there is still an element of risk with the cheap stuff. My friend doesn't intend to overclock however. So he might be able to get away with it.

 

[ViRGE]

I have a KT133 based board(Soyo KT7VA) that takes generic memory just fine. It currently has a piece of Kingmax PC50 in it, and it's run fine with an additional piece of PNY 64MB PC133 as well. So, I think you're more or less safe unless you use SDRAM you bought out of a white van or something.😉