Ryan Malayter wrote: > Figure out how much time you waste tracking down bad memory modules, and > then multiply that by your hourly salary. And then add in machine > downtime caused by long RMA times. You'll probably find you're not > saving any money at all.
Very good point, although we generally have a student in to do burn-ins :-) > We typically see name-brand memory such as Kingston or Viking as very > much worth the extra 5-10% or so in cost. >From our usual supplier: XMS Corsair DDR333 256Mb - CHF84.00 Kingston HyperX DDR333 256Mb - CHF59.00 Kingston ValuRAM - CHF38.00 no-name - CHF29.00 It's about 30% diff. OK, these are retail, not bulk prices. This is the first time I've had serious problems with no-name memory - maybe we'll start thinking about buying Kingston. > work together. Unfortunately, the no-name manufacturers RMA time was > THIRTY DAYS - not an option for our business needs. Absolutely agree - fortunately that is not a problem here, we RMA to the distributor, not the manufacturer. -- /Per Jessen, Z�rich _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
