Kingston Memory Question - ValueRAM vs Branded

[Drakkon]

What is the difference between Kingstons ValueRAM and there branded sticks?
I know the branded sticks are guaranteed to work in the systems there branded for but is there really any other major difference other than that?
I recently spent the extra $4 to get a branded stick to go in my Dell laptop and it looks prettymuch like every other stick just the sticker says insp8200/512...I'd like to get another 512 but just wondering if the $4 difference is truly justified?

 

[txxxx]

Go for branded, generic memory can be soo much hassle at times.
Besides $4 is cheap for peace of mind (providing they're not faulty ofcourse 😀)

 

[DN]

This is a +-$4 discussion? LOL..

 

[ProviaFan]

Kingston ValueRAM is utter crap; it has caused me nothing but pain and wasted time and money trying to troubleshoot the general instability and random BSODs that I would get when I was using it. Needless to say, my stick of PC2700 ValueRAM wouldn't even run right at 133MHz, so I would definitely encourage you to avoid this RAM at all costs.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: jliechty
Kingston ValueRAM is utter crap; it has caused me nothing but pain and wasted time and money trying to troubleshoot the general instability and random BSODs that I would get when I was using it. Needless to say, my stick of PC2700 ValueRAM wouldn't even run right at 133MHz, so I would definitely encourage you to avoid this RAM at all costs.

the last stick of kingston value ram i had...



was a 512mb pc2700 cl2.5 stick.


it has cl3 hynix pc3200 chips that could run ddr 466 on it. not all value ram is crap.

 

[Chaotic42]

There is a difference in Kingston ValueRAM and "Value RAM". You can't really go wrong with any Kingston memory (assuming you're running it in spec). Kingston ValueRAM (KVR) is way better than generic memory. I have 512MB of ECC PC2100-R KVR and it runs flawlessly.

You can't go wrong with Kingston, Crucial, or Corsair.

 

[ROcHE]

My Kingston Valuram PC3200 works flawlessly and I had great support by Kingston for a previous PC133 defective stick (Fedex Air free shipping both ways).

 

[DaFinn]

Like people have said "Kingston ValueRam" is totally different from "Value RAM". Kingston memory is great, value or not. Cannot go wrong!

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Like people have said "Kingston ValueRam" is totally different from "Value RAM". Kingston memory is great, value or not. Cannot go wrong!

Come back and tell me that after you've tried it in some Nforce2-based motherboards. It does not run at spec in an 8RDA, for example, while some Corsair XMS will work perfectly fine. This is not an isolated incident, or some user error; if you did your research, you'd see that many people have had this problem.

 

[Technonut]

Come back and tell me that after you've tried it in some Nforce2-based motherboards. It does not run at spec in an 8RDA, for example, while some Corsair XMS will work perfectly fine. This is not an isolated incident, or some user error; if you did your research, you'd see that many people have had this problem.

My 2 512MB sticks of PC2700/3200 Kingston ValueRAM ran great in the NF7-S @ 225FSB (DDR 450) and will currently run Memtest86 stable dual channel up to 460MHz / 2-5-3-2/ 2.8V in my IC7-G... Of course the sticks do have Winbond BH-5 and BH-6 chips.. 😉

EDIT, KVR uses many different chips, you just were not lucky with compatibility... Just like the IC7-G had an issue with Winbond CH-5 chips...

 

[CraigRT]

I like Kingston... my supplier deals mainly with Kingston and the stuff is great.. it's not "ultra high performance" but it works good

the Hyper-X is fantastic stuff for high performance... but we're talking every-day end users here, and the regular memory just works fine!

 

[Kingofcomputer]

For your office brand name computers and server, go with "Kingston", for 4 times the price of "Kingston Valueram", it must work.

For your home computers, go with "Kingston Valueram", it's sort of generic, supposed to work with any generic motherboard.

The outcome is both ram are the same thing, same module, same chips, just different label and price.

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Like people have said "Kingston ValueRam" is totally different from "Value RAM". Kingston memory is great, value or not. Cannot go wrong!

Come back and tell me that after you've tried it in some Nforce2-based motherboards. It does not run at spec in an 8RDA, for example, while some Corsair XMS will work perfectly fine. This is not an isolated incident, or some user error; if you did your research, you'd see that many people have had this problem.

We use alot of Kingston ValueRAM(KVR) for all kinds of purposes here, including running it in dual channel mode on the box Im typing this on(Asus A7N8X Deluxe), some i865 boxes, a bunch of i845 boxes, some older P-III's using PC133 SDRAM, and two servers running PC133/REG/ECC and PC2100 REG/ECC, all working fine.

My personal experience with KVR has been great all along.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Like people have said "Kingston ValueRam" is totally different from "Value RAM". Kingston memory is great, value or not. Cannot go wrong!

Come back and tell me that after you've tried it in some Nforce2-based motherboards. It does not run at spec in an 8RDA, for example, while some Corsair XMS will work perfectly fine. This is not an isolated incident, or some user error; if you did your research, you'd see that many people have had this problem.

I've got a pair of Kingston PC3200 512MB ValueRAM sticks (with different chips) in my A7N8X-DX board working perfectly.

I think it's worth that 4 bucks as Kingston ValueRAM has lifetime warranty whereas some other value RAM don't.

 

[metalmania]

I have one 256M KVR PC133 on T-bird 1.3G with ECS mobo, one 512M KVR PC133 on Apple eMac, one 256M KVR DDR2100 on Compaq 2100Z notebook. Both have no problem.
I have Crucial on my main machine (XP2400+), well, because it's cheap.