I chose RAM on the basis of colour...something is wrong with me

[BrightCandle]

My machine has been put back together with new cooling and in the process of taking it apart and putting it back together one of my RAM sticks has become "abnormal". Which is a fancy way of the bios telling me its busted and its probably me trying to put it in the wrong way up (X79 and its rotated RAM sockets completely slipped my mind as I was putting it in).

I went on the search for some 2133 Mhz RAM (old was 1600 as I didn't want to make the same compromise with the replacement set. Despite the benefits often being quite small I do have a custom application that really benefits from higher RAM speed so figured the 30% extra cost was worth it, but I didn't expect what I found.

Blue heat spreaders are more expensive than Red. Looking through all the usual suspects in (ebuyer, dabs, scan, even overclockers [shudder]) I found all the blue coloured RAM was more expensive than the Red coloured RAM at the same specs. Corsair and Kingston do plenty of blue RAM kits, whereas Geil is undeniably cheaper at similar specs but the Ripjaws are all Red.

Since my build is Black and Blue and I have finally unified the colour scheme I wasn't about to not upgrade in the way I intended and ruin it. So I spent £10 more for blue (and 1.35V instead of 1.5V but that last bit isn't much help). You can ridicule me now....

 

[tweakboy]

You seem to have some sorta COCD. computer obsessive compulsive disorder...

 

[Revolution 11]

I don't think it is that silly....as long as you realize you are getting ripped off and are at peace with that. Paying more for united color scheme is important to many people. And the 1.35V memory can be indicative of higher quality.

 

[tweakboy]

😳

 

[Face2Face]

Not silly at all. I would pay more for a matching set of ram, not that much more though. I am putting together a black and white build, and wanted to buy the new Cosair Dominator Platnium with the white lightbar..... well after seeing the price I just bought the Samsung 30nm LV ram instead. It will blend right in with the black memory slots anyway so I am ok with that.

 

[Broheim]

Not silly at all. I would pay more for a matching set of ram, not that much more though. I am putting together a black and white build, and wanted to buy the new Cosair Dominator Platnium with the white lightbar..... well after seeing the price I just bought the Samsung 30nm LV ram instead. It will blend right in with the black memory slots anyway so I am ok with that.

heh, I picked up the dominator platinum, they were kinda pricey but too sexy to pass up.

OP there's nothing wrong with paying a little (or a lot if you want to) extra to get it the way you want it, the world would be a boring place if all people cared about was function.

 

[tracerbullet]

My case has no plexiglass and is under my desk, I don't have these issues. You're silly.

OK that wasn't exactly ridiculing you as requested, sorry. Because I can see why you'd do it....

 

[Blain]

I chose RAM on the basis of colour...something is wrong with me

I would love to be the car salesman when you walk onto the lot.

 

[Atreidin]

Yeah all those people who would pay more for a plain black car than a lime green car with pink and orange polkadots sure are retards.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I would love to be the car salesman when you walk onto the lot.

My mom chooses computers based on form over function too. Me, I hardly care what my computers look like, as long as they function well. (I do try to pick some attractive cases regardless, but I choose them based mostly on functionality too. Eg. What functions do I need/want, and from there, I choose the most attractive one.)

 

[tweakboy]

LOL this churned into a funny thread with VirtualLarry ...... heee

 

[nOOky]

I just bought some Blue G.SKILL Ripjaws memory despite the rest of my fans and mobo etc. being red. If I lie awake at night thinking about it I may go crazy, however the generous application of a few beers while I'm gaming before bed will probably help me to forget in time...
(However if the upgrade bug bites again I will have a legitimate excuse!)