On Friday, April 5, 2002, at 12:16 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote:
> I've been watching this "Velocity Ram" garbage on the lists for months
> now (this
> is not directed at you Mark).
Good job, I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole :). I'd much rather
buy a recognised name RAM like Crucial/Micron or Kingston and pay twice
as much (it's actually 3 times as much in the UK).
> I can sum it all up in 2 points:
>
> 1. Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV). Some people may have good luck with
> Velocity,
> but a number of people have had bad luck with them.
>
> 2. You get what you pay for. If you buy cheap untested Ram because
> *you're*
> cheap, then you should not be surprised when it doesn't work.
Pretty much the point I was trying to make too. I wouldn't say people
who bought cheap RAM were cheap themselves but maybe a little open to
'bad luck' maybe.
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