On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Ian Stephen wrote: > Not exactly a Linux question, but I am going to be building a few > low-budget Linux PC's for the family so... > > Is one brand of ram as good as the next or does it make a difference > whose ram one buys?
There is most definitely a difference, and its quality. Like just about all hardware, there are design specifications that memory must have if its can be called PC133 or DDR2100. Some manufacturers cut corners, or do not test as thoroughly to ensure compliance. This is the type of stuff that memtest86 catches. If you're looking for high quality & reliable memory, i'd strongly recommend Corsair (or just about anything with a Samsung chipset). Veritium is also pretty good. Any of the crap that Crucial sells is mega-mass produced throwaway stuff that tends to produce significantly higher numbers of errors & fails signififcantly sooner catostrophically over time. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
