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| Thread ID: 63427 | 2005-11-09 04:57:00 | Recommend a brand of RAM | Lizard (2409) | Press F1 |
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| 402928 | 2005-11-09 18:55:00 | You might look at Legend or Hynix. Legend IS Hynix. :p |
pctek (84) | ||
| 402929 | 2005-11-09 19:38:00 | Thanks for the suggestions. The next question is about the figures that usually follow, e.g CAS, etc. What sort of figures should I be looking at, considering that the main purposes I'm using my machine for is gaming and internet? Cheers Lizard |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 402930 | 2005-11-09 20:58:00 | Interesting. What issues have you had? I've always found it ok - usually the messages scroll right off the screen when there has been problematic RAM & discarding it usually fixes the BSODs and random hangs. Mind you, I am talking about older PC's though.... Is there anything else you would recommend for the job? A Only thing I can recomend is swapping them out, Though in fine tradition your known good ram will start to develop errors after you have swaped it into a few dozen machines... Ram is a bit of a sore point for me, I have about 4GB of non-usable sticks that run memtest with no issue, even let Windows install sometimes, but will cause any machine they are used in to be unstable. Have sent them back and they were tested with memtest and returned to me, along with a fee for testing them. This ram was damn expensive when I purchased it in as well. Plus I have had a number of machines in for repair that went 24 hours on Memtest with no errors but continued to act up untill the ram was replaced. So, For me, I can't use Memtest, waste of time running a PC for 24 hours with the chance of inconclusive results, granted it's good if it throws up errors within an hour or so, but I can swap in good ram in a couple of minutes.... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 402931 | 2005-11-09 21:32:00 | Ram is a bit of a sore point for me, I have about 4GB of non-usable sticks that run memtest with no issue, even let Windows install sometimes, but will cause any machine they are used in to be unstable. Have sent them back and they were tested with memtest and returned to me, along with a fee for testing them. This ram was damn expensive when I purchased it in as well. It's not like you to go down without a fight, Metla. Why aren't you socking it to them? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 402932 | 2005-11-10 03:53:00 | Thanks for the help guys. On the basis of what I've heard, I've done a bit of digging around, and come up with this (www.pctronix.co.nz) Thoughts, comments, alternatives? Cheers Lizard |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 402933 | 2005-11-14 21:48:00 | Memtest86+ seemed to work well for me - you can get it here (http://www.memtest.org/). It picked up a fault I was having with one of my 2 new sticks of DDR RAM. Replaced the faulty stick & re-ran the test, it came up clean :) |
autechre (266) | ||
| 402934 | 2005-11-14 23:21:00 | I'm using kingston and samsung ram in my laptop. All good so far.... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 402935 | 2005-11-15 00:37:00 | When I started 2 Megs of RAM was all I could afford . If you do the math, back in those days a couple of Gigs of ram would cost you as much as a house . I was in heaven when I managed to buy a 486 DX-33 with 4MB ram and a 250MB HDD for $2000 (second hand!) . I hate to think what that equates to now . A Canon BJC600 colour inkjet to go with it cost me around $1750 at trade price . If you inflation-adjust etc it looks even worse . I have some old mid-90's price lists around somewhere, I must see if I can find them . Is there a web site anywhere that you can enter a year and a dollar figure and translate that to today's dollars? Cheers Billy 8-{) :waughh: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 402936 | 2005-11-15 04:16:00 | The Reserve Bank has a calculator that lets you enter a dollar value, and select a year from current back as far as 1862, broken down by quarters . I found it interesting to compare the value of the 1st division lotto prize from when it first started to what it's worth now . Inflation calculator ( . rbnz . govt . nz/statistics/0135595 . html" target="_blank">www . rbnz . govt . nz) Lizard |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 402937 | 2005-11-15 04:46:00 | The Reserve Bank has a calculator that lets you enter a dollar value, and select a year from current back as far as 1862, broken down by quarters . I found it interesting to compare the value of the 1st division lotto prize from when it first started to what it's worth now . Inflation calculator ( . rbnz . govt . nz/statistics/0135595 . html" target="_blank">www . rbnz . govt . nz) Lizard So my printer that cost $1750 in 1994 should cost $2250 now . That means that the average colour inkjet is now barely 10% of the 1994/1995 price . Wow! And that bare-bones 21-Guinea bike I got for Christmas in 1959 should now cost $750, and the Guinea that the ancient Aunt deposited to open my account at the ASB as a christening present in the year of our Lord "nineteen mumblety-mumble" should now be worth $65 . Inflation :( Cheers Billy 8-{) :waughh: |
Billy T (70) | ||
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