Good source for memory?

[MainePC]

I have always used crucial.com for purchasing memory for my clients' computers. Is there a better source for memory? Someone told me that Crucial is not the most cost-effective route to go, but they do make it very easy to locate the right memory for a particular PC and order it. I don't want to go the cheap route if it means sacrificing quality, but I want to get the best bang for the buck. Any input appreciated.

Scott
Maine

 

[ceh4702]

http://www.newegg.com

also sells memory, but they dont have a selectlor option for the memory selection. However, if you knew you wanted crucial RAM and went to

http://www.crucial.com

and wrote down the part numbers you could buy that there.

They also sell some major brands like Kingston, Corsair, OCZ, etc.

I recommend going to the manufacturer's site to insure memory compatibility with the motherboard you plan on using it on. Most manufacturers can recommend what RAM to use on a specific motherboard.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[trumanzero]

For me, Crucial has always beent the most efficient. Although for performance memory (Corsair) Newegg is defintely the way to go.

 

[DaveFarquhar]

As long as you know the exact model number of the PC, Crucial is the easiest way to go, pricing is always competitive, if not the lowest, and the quality is always very high.

If you go another route, always buy name brand memory. Commodity, generic memory is very problematic and the problem can be hard to trace. I quit using commodity memory about 6 years ago and all my weird computer problems immediately went away. Back when I worked desktop support, I saw maybe 1 in 500 brand name modules come back bad. With generics, it was more like 1 in 10. (We had a memory tester, so that's why I was able to verify the weird problems were memory.) I learned my lesson.

Dave Farquhar

http://dfarq.homeip.net

 

[tf1]

Like the others, I agree that Crucial may not be the cheapest, but they are competitive and providing you use the memory selector, their memory is warranted to work. Kingston is also the same and equally highly recommended.

The problem with generic memory is incompatibility and higher failure rate issues. Unless you absolutely must buy the cheapest, I'd recommend sticking to the recommendations that the other have given.

Regards: tf1