Is Kingston ValueRam that good?

[FalseChristian]

I bought 2 4GB sticks of cheap heatspreaderless Kingston ValueRam DDR3 at 1333MHz.

Anyhow, I've got it overclocked to 1648 MHz at its default 1.5v and it's stable as all hades!

 

[PliotronX]

I've had really good luck with them, not always very overclockable but they never use mixed modules on the same DIMM that I've seen happen on some cheap sticks. They may not use the fanciest 8-layer PCB's, heatblankets (I mean heatspreaders which are not necessary for unregistered SDRAM) or best yield chips and sometimes if you buy from different places trying to match them in pairs you end up with different sets of modules, but they have always been solid and IIRC offer a lifetime warranty (or is that just Crucial?).

 

[FalseChristian]

I've had really good luck with them, not always very overclockable but they never use mixed modules on the same DIMM that I've seen happen on some cheap sticks. They may not use the fanciest 8-layer PCB's, heatblankets (I mean heatspreaders which are not necessary for unregistered SDRAM) or best yield chips and sometimes if you buy from different places trying to match them in pairs you end up with different sets of modules, but they have always been solid and IIRC offer a lifetime warranty (or is that just Crucial?).

Thanks for your comment. It is appreciated.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Yep, Kingston ValueRam is usually very good. I have some here that do 1600MHz@1.35v on a 1333MHz/1.5V kit.

Personally I prefer Kingston, Crucial and Samsung. With Kingston you can sometimes even get lucky and get chips that are rated higher then what they're sold at.