I've started this thread as kind of a sister thread to the "Where to buy 1gb memory for the i9300". When you get your ram and have tested it, please come here to report your results. I will collate them together in this first post, so that we can get an idea of some of the more reliable vendors and also the more reliable memory manufacturers. If you have gotten your memory earlier, please still let us know your results so we can add it to our collective experiences. Thanks for the info!
Download memtest.
OR
Memtest+
Please list
#1 what you got (amount of ram, number of sticks, brand name)
#2 where you ordered it from, and price
#3 the results of your memtest
#4 whether you were generally happy/unhappy with your order and why (i.e. had to return the memory 5 times before getting an error-free stick, customer service was awesome, customer service sucked, only had 1 error out of 20 overnight runs - good enough for me, etc, etc, etc.)
Please do NOT report "no errors" until you have run memtest. Quite frankly, if you pay that much money, you'd be foolish to NOT run it and just assume that it works because you haven't encountered errors yet. Crashes may not occur until much later into your ownership when it is too late to return it. Do yourself a favor and run it!
BRB - You've reported in twice? Did u upgrade two computers?
Here are links to reviews to some of the more common vendors. Let me know if there are others I'm missing.
NewEgg; rated by Yahoo!
NewEgg; rated by PriceGrabber
ZipZoomFly; rated by PriceGrabber
SpartanTech; rated by PriceGrabber
ComputerHQ; rated by PriceGrabber
TigerDirect; rated by PriceGrabber
Memory4Less; rated by PriceGrabber
Kingston; rated by ResellerRatings (Rates surprisingly low)
Computers4Sure; rated by PriceGrabber
I couldn't find any ratings on Mushkin.com's direct order site.
Download memtest.
OR
Memtest+
Please list
#1 what you got (amount of ram, number of sticks, brand name)
#2 where you ordered it from, and price
#3 the results of your memtest
#4 whether you were generally happy/unhappy with your order and why (i.e. had to return the memory 5 times before getting an error-free stick, customer service was awesome, customer service sucked, only had 1 error out of 20 overnight runs - good enough for me, etc, etc, etc.)
Please do NOT report "no errors" until you have run memtest. Quite frankly, if you pay that much money, you'd be foolish to NOT run it and just assume that it works because you haven't encountered errors yet. Crashes may not occur until much later into your ownership when it is too late to return it. Do yourself a favor and run it!
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| keeponkeepingon - 1) 2 x 1Gb sticks of Kingston. 2) Memory4less.com 3) Ran memtest overnight: 8 passes, first 3 had errors. (2 passes with 1 error, one pass with 2 errors). Ran memtest during the day: 7 passes, 4 passes had errors (3 passes with 1 error 1 pass with 171 errors). 4) ? |
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| joseyu - 1. 2 x 1GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-PC4200 SODIMMS 2. Memory4less ($127 per stick) 3. 21 passes with 0 errors 4. Took a while to ship, but Memory4less upgraded me to free overnight shipping and I am a happy camper. |
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| BRB 1. 2 x 1GB Mushkin DDR2-PC4200 SODIMMS (Infineon chips) 2. Mushkin ($460.80 total - delivered) 3. 10 passes with 0 errors 4. Shipped same day as ordered. Received 2 days after order. Excellent build quality as well as superior name brand chips with lifetime warranty. Cost too much but that's my only complaint. |
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| BRB 1. 2 x 512MB Corsair Value Select DDR2-PC4200 SODIMMS (ELPIDA chips) 2. ZipZoomFly ($160.00 total - delivered) 3. 3. 11 passes / 0 errors / 5 hours 15 minutes 4. Shipped same day as ordered. Received 2 days after order. Excellent build quality. Never heard of ELPIDA chips before but I see ATi and Tyan use them. |
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| dma550 1. 2 x 1GB Mushkin DDR2-PC4200 SODIMMS (Infineon chips I guess) 2. Mushkin (approx $460.80 total - delivered) 3. 2 passes, 1 error, then NMI parity error, and then error on first pass 4. Very fast shipping, Mushkin easy to talk to, got another set out next day. Will post again once new dell xps comes (old one flaked out) |
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| Rob489 1. 1GB Corsair Value RAM PC2-4200 SODIMM 2. Spartantech.com, $142 (+$10 three day shipping) 3. Will update when RAM arrives 4. Will update when RAM arrives. |
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| Stryprod 1) 1gb of DDR2 PC-4200 Kingston Value Ram KVR533D2S4/1G 2) Order from Memory4Less.com at $127. 3) Ran MemTest86+ 15 times, 0 errors (Ran another random memory tester 2 times with no errors) 4) Over all I liked Memory4less although they charged me for the stick of ram before it had been shipped and while it kept getting delayed. Don't think you should be charged for something you do not have. Other than that, great service, easy to contact and was willing to work with me on getting a replacement if I couldnt wait for the Kingston. I'm happy! Side Note- I am running (1) 1gb KVR ram with (1) 256mb Hynix ram with no problems for a total of 1.25gb ram. Ran this setup during the test with no errors. Works like a charm, no crashes for close to a week, so if you want to do this option it should work. Plan on getting another gig when prices go down in a year or so. |
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| ir0nw0lf 1. 2x1GB Corsair Value RAM PC2-4200 SODIMM for my 9300 2. Spartantech.com, $137 ea/$274 total (+ $22.25 next day PM shipping) 3. memtest86+ v1.55.1: 1 pass sofar, 0 errors. Since it's taking ~1 hour to test 2x1GB modules, I'll take that as a good sign for now, will test more this weekend. (BTW, the memtest mentioned in the OP is an older memtesting program, a little bit outdated. I was using the memtest from memtest.org, it's <1 month old and supports all the new architectures, etc.) 4. Sofar: Spartantech.com has been very pleasent to deal with! Ordered on Wednesday, called Thursday to check, waited <5 seconds to get a human being on the phone, was told order was shipping out Thursday. Got them in Friday (today). I am going to call them and offer my thanks for their great service. |
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| subtle_spectre 1. KTD-INSP6000A/1G DDR2/533/PC4200/1gb (I was uneasy with all the hysteria about what ram to use and the price became more manageable) 2. shop.kingston.com (194.00 each) 3. 1 pass>>>8 errors! Back it goes... 4. After two days of glitches on its availability, Cindi Kipers, a cs rep who was VERY nice and helpful, got them in gear, found the 2 sticks, and overnighted without extra charge. Recieved it, installed...one sodimm didn't seat...reinstalled...bingo! |
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| azote 1. 2x Kingston ValueRAM - 1 GB - SO DIMM 200-pin - DDR II - 533 MHz / PC2-4200 - CL4 - 1.8 V - unbuffered - non-ECC 2. ciconcepts.net - $139 each. total + shipping = $288.00 3. will update later 4. will ship in 2 weeks (backordered) |
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| RamIt #1 Kingston Value Ram (4-4-4-12) Original Samsung 256mb being used with it (4-4-4-11) #2 CIC $131 plus $10 shipping plus $9 California tax Total $150 #3 5 passes of memtest86+ #4 satified with Kevin from CIC. He kept in constant contact and kept me updated. He does not stock this ram and it gets drop shipped from Kingston directly. |
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| SprintSlash 1. 2x 1 GB Corsair DDR2-4200 200-PIN SO-DIMM (4-4-4-11) 2. Spartan Tech, $270 + ground shipping $8.75 3. 5 passes, no error, tested with memtest 3.2 4. Happy. Ordered on Tues, shipped on Wed, received on Fri. Didn't have to contact them at all. |
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| dumpav #1 1x1G Transend #2 Newegg $130 #3 memtest86+-1.55.1.iso run 3 pass no error #4 Place order Monday evening, got my memory thur afternoon! |
NewEgg; rated by Yahoo!
NewEgg; rated by PriceGrabber
ZipZoomFly; rated by PriceGrabber
SpartanTech; rated by PriceGrabber
ComputerHQ; rated by PriceGrabber
TigerDirect; rated by PriceGrabber
Memory4Less; rated by PriceGrabber
Kingston; rated by ResellerRatings (Rates surprisingly low)
Computers4Sure; rated by PriceGrabber
I couldn't find any ratings on Mushkin.com's direct order site.
