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Is kingston Value ram crap?

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Zarick

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Im talking about the stuff you can buy at best buy.
I have a stick of that ram pc133 and a stick of kingston from kingston and a stick of apacer. all 256.
The apacer and the kingston value just wont run together at all. They cause random lockups. all are cas3 pc133.
Now the kingston and kingston value run fine and the kingston and apacer run fine.

So which is the crap ram here.. the apacer or the value.
And since I cant run all 3 should I run the kingston value with the kingston or should I run the apacer with the kingston.
 
It's not crap. It's "value". Neither module alone is likely a problem. Sometimes different modules just aren't compatible with each other in some boards. I'd say if the Kingston and the Apacer work, use those and return the ValueRAM to best buy, since you can get memory cheaper online. Some Crucial or another stick of apacer depending on what things cost.

What motherboard do you have?
 
I've used it exclusively for my parent's computers and never had a single problem. I'm sure it can't overclock for crap, but it's stable good stuff.
 
You'd think they would have picked a different name than 'ValueRAM'. That name just implies `cheap crap`...

I've never noticed anything wrong with it myself, but my Crucial sticks have been a little more willing to be moved between chassis.
 
As a reseller, I use Kingston Value RAM. The brand memory you get is luck of the draw. I usually wind up getting Samsung, Infineon, or Hynix chips on it
 
i am using a pc133 256mb stick right now and i don't have any problems at all with kingston ram... i have not overclocked my pc...

for the price, i would definently consider getting kingston ram.. i believe that it also comes with a lifetime warrenty which is a real benefit...
 
Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
AMD is crap.

See, generalities are so easy.
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I know people who work in shops and they get a lot of compatiblity issues with Kingston ram, especially with their 512MB PC2700 DDR memory.
 
Never had trouble w/ Kingston ValueRAM. Now, due to my suggestion of it, it is in half a dozen machines where my father works, and about 20 we've made for people. Not a single issue.

Since we're at generalities, Crucial is crap. 😀:beer:
 
Originally posted by: Cerb
Never had trouble w/ Kingston ValueRAM. Now, due to my suggestion of it, it is in half a dozen machines where my father works, and about 20 we've made for people. Not a single issue.

Since we're at generalities, Crucial is crap. 😀:beer:
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your crap! 😉🙂
 
anandtech is crap 😉

but your mom wasnt sayin i was crap last night 😀

however, value ram is as it's name suggests, VALUERAM, and shouldnt be used for o/c or any low timing solution, in value systems its a good choice
 
I've had excellent luck with Kingston ValueRAM. I've probably used more of it than any other type (though that was in the past). I've never had a problem with any of it. I've had more trouble with Crucial (1 stick that died).
 
I probably should not have generalized it as I have one system which uses 2 x 256MB Kingston Value Ram with no problems. However, in general, I place much less trust on Kingston memory as I would say Corsair.
 
Originally posted by: AmdInside
I probably should not have generalized it as I have one system which uses 2 x 256MB Kingston Value Ram with no problems. However, in general, I place much less trust on Kingston memory as I would say Corsair.
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of course you are going to get better quality with corsair, look at the price you are paying for it.
 
My stick of 512MB PC2700 Kingston ValueRAM won't run at 166MHz without producing a ****load of errors in memtest86 and a lot of general lockups in Windows. Running it asynch of the FSB at 133MHz solves the problem, but slows down the system. Methinks I'm going to get some Corsair XMS as soon as I have a little more money. 🙂
 
4 sticks of pc133 256 MB and 2 sticks of 128 MB, all Kingston ValueRAM work just fine.

Never tried overclocking them, never intend to.

Very good RAM consider their price, backed by a lifetime warranty.
 
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