[Please move this] Is Kingston ValueRam DDR3 reliable?

[bgc99]

I'm building a system with a 785G chipset, Athlon II X4 or Phenom II X4 cpu and need some reliable memory to go with it. Everything will be running at stock speeds, no overclocking.

Thanks,
BGC

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'm building a system with a 785G chipset, Athlon II X4 or Phenom II X4 cpu and need some reliable memory to go with it. Everything will be running at stock speeds, no overclocking.

Thanks,
BGC

Kingston ValueRAM is generally good. I've used their Value DDR and SDRAM and never had an issue.

 

[tweakboy]

Just make sure the Kingston you get comes with heat spreader. If its vanilla don't buy it. Get the Phenom II X4

Best bang for the buck!

 

[CurseTheSky]

Why should he avoid it if it doesn't have a heat spreader? They're more for decoration than anything else, except for certain high-end memory modules which the manufacturer's expect to take high voltage.

Generally, any "value" series of RAM comes without heat spreaders, whether it's Corsair, OCZ, Patriot, Crucial, Kingston, etc. If the difference is only $5 or so, I usually grab slightly more expensive RAM with heat spreaders anyway, with the hope that it may overclock a bit better if needed.

 

[faxon]

Just make sure the Kingston you get comes with heat spreader. If its vanilla don't buy it. Get the Phenom II X4

Best bang for the buck!

KVR doesnt come with heat spreaders cause they cost money to add. only their KHX kits do. as for reliability, i sell dozens of value ram kits each week and they work just fine. dont try OCing with them though

 

[fffblackmage]

There's nothing wrong with sexy naked ram modules.

The fact that they're value ram means you shouldn't expect much results when overclocking. Timings in general aren't as good, but that doesn't have a huge effect on overall performance anyways.

 

[zerocool84]

There's nothing wrong with sexy naked ram modules.

The fact that they're value ram means you shouldn't expect much results when overclocking. Timings in general aren't as good, but that doesn't have a huge effect on overall performance anyways.

Yea there's nothing wrong at all with valueram. Just don't expect to overclock the hell out of them.