Is ValueRam any good?

[MidiGuy]

I just bought what I thought was Kingston 512MB DDR333 from GoogleGear.com for $137.50. I though I was getting a good deal, but it turned out it wasn't really Kingston RAM, but ValueRAM BY Kingston. Will the ValueRAM be good enough?

Thanks!

-Midi

 

[jarsoffart]

I'm pretty sure that unless you are overclocking, the different RAMs don't make a difference. I've seen two reviews that confirm this.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

I've got 1 256MB stick of that Kingston ValueRam in my Athlon XP box...I'm not doing any o'cing at this time and can not complain one single bit about the Memory. I figure it this way, Name-brand value ram has got to be better than no-name generic ram anyday 😀

 

[Scarpozzi]

Generally speaking the differences between namebrand RAM and unbranded RAM isn't always quality, but it's reliability you're paying for. When you buy RAM from Micron or Crucial, you know you're getting RAM from a quality cleanroom. Otherwise, it could have been made in someone's basement in West Virginia. Which RAM chip would YOU trust? 😉

ValueRAM is pretty good. I run a 256 chip in one of my systems and it hasn't failed yet. I would have to say though...if you're ever running it in a server, the server should require registered ECC RAM anyway, but that's the best to have.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

Good for home use, not good for company use.

Valueram is little bit cheaper or same price as Crucial,
but Valueram doesn't give guarantee on system/motherboard compatibility,
Crucial does if you go thru memory selector and the price is still as buying generic model.

If you want to get compatibility guarantee, you need to buy Kingston regular ram which is 2-3x the price of valueram.

I bought valueram ddr2700 (for home use ) which has winbond chips and regular ram ddr2100 (for company use) which has samsung chips,
and the regular ram ddr2100 is about 2x the price of valueram ddr2100.

 

[Jeff7]

I use ValueRAM; no problems with it. I've used generic memory as well for quite some time - only once have I ever had a stick of RAM fail; that was a 32MB stick of PNY brand PC100 - memtest failed at the same address every time. Other than that, all the RAM I've ever used lived up to its specifications. But as has been said, don't count on overclocking it much.

 

[tapir]

My only experience with ValueRam has been a very positive one. I bought a stick of 256MB PC133 CL3 for my little brother's Duron box. It has Infineon 7.5ns C2 chips on it. Have it running now at 137MHz CL2 5-2-2-2 timings, I'm impressed. The stick only cost me $27. I'd definitely say it was a good deal, that's the kind of extra performance I was hoping for but not expecting. I'd say you got a quality product.

 

[Cerb]

For non-OC machines (except for the few times that crucial was cheaper), I use Kingston ValueRAM (sometimes it's got ValueRAM chips, sometimes Nanya), and while they overclock like an old lady's driving (much of the time you can't even use low timings), they all have worked flawlessly at spec.

 

[propellerhead]

I have 512 MB of Kingston's Value RAM in my Athlon XP 1600+ / Epox 8KHA+ system. Everything seems fine except once in a while, I get random lock ups in Win98. No overclocking involved. Usually, removing and reseating the RAM sticks fixes things. It's probably not the RAM but the slots. I've ran SiSoft Sandra's burn in on the memory for over 8 hrs and it never complained.