Re: -> 8 MB DIMM for sale <-

[joe.ragosta@dol.net (Joe Ragosta)]

In article
<ir004861'delete'-2508981638020001@pool-207-205-150-23.dlls.grid.net>,
ir004861'delete'@mindspring.com (pete) wrote:

> > RAM is a commodity product.  They're all equally good.  Buy them based
> on price.
> > 
> > earle
> 
> I have to disagree regarding all ram being 'equally good' for the
> following reasons:
> 
> 1) not all ram has the same warranties <and trust me, ram CAN fail>
> 
> 2) I've seen a lot of 'no-name' ram fail, but I haven't seen too many
> 'name' brand ram simm/dimms fail <viking, newer, etc.>
> 
> and last but not least, WHERE you buy the ram is important too - to make
> sure you get the right ram in the first place, that it's properly matched
> if your computer needs it, and also if there is a problem, you will be
> taken care of. There are some jerks out there that will resell old ram as
> 'new'. If the price is too good to be true for new ram.... it probably is.

Also watch out for motherboard "gotchas". When building my PC, I had a
couple of problems with motherboard/RAM incompatibilities. In several
cases, the motherboard vendor specifically states which manufacturers' RAM
you should use.

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Joe Ragosta
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