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Posted by Sunquest on Apr-07-2005 17:06:

Computer Help!!! Ram...

hey guys whats up

i have a question regarding what RAM to buy for the best speed and best prices...

how is this deal?
http://canadacomputers.com/cc/index...977&cid=RAM.178

Im looking for 1 gig of ram, for a good price (not futureshop price)

most likely itll be 2 512 pieces since thats cheaper than a 1 gig piece...
so please help me out those of u who can...
thanks in advance

Posted by rabbitjoker on Apr-07-2005 17:12:

Canada Computers treats me like a champ.

I say go for it.

Posted by AwakenedAddict on Apr-07-2005 17:14:

http://www.factorydirect.ca/static/index.htm

Posted by rabbitjoker on Apr-07-2005 17:15:

Factory Direct has treated me like a champ too.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Apr-07-2005 17:27:

For $135, that's a helluva deal.

Posted by Sly_Guy on Apr-07-2005 17:30:

Re: Computer Help!!! Ram...

quote:
Originally posted by Sunquest
hey guys whats up

i have a question regarding what RAM to buy for the best speed and best prices...

how is this deal?
http://canadacomputers.com/cc/index...977&cid=RAM.178

Im looking for 1 gig of ram, for a good price (not futureshop price)

most likely itll be 2 512 pieces since thats cheaper than a 1 gig piece...
so please help me out those of u who can...
thanks in advance

Don't shoot down futureshop immediately. A couple years ago, I was looking for 256MB of SDRAM but I needed it spread out on 2 different chips to fit on my motherboard. The stupid salesperson told me their RAM was on sale, but he got confused when I asked him about putting it on 2 seperate chips and instead essentially gave me 2 256 MB chips for half the price of one. RAM at 75% off! I did have to trade those chips somewhere else to make it useful for my archaic computer, but I still walked away with the equivalent cost of 256MB in cash.

Posted by bluE_Neon on Apr-07-2005 17:38:

It depends what kind of RAM you want, what use it will have as well buddy. If you want performance RAM, I'd say OCZ is @ the top of the game in that department. For extreme gaming go with Corsair. I hope that helps

Posted by TrickDaddE on Apr-07-2005 17:40:

I used that Kingston Memory and got similar Overclocking speeds as OCZ memory at 3x that price.
Make sure they are a matched pair and are NON-ECC (non registered) or your motherboard may not like the dimms.

Then if your board has 4 slots and supports Dual Channel Memory you must put them in slot 1 and 3 or 2 and 4.

Then your rockin!!!

Posted by rabbitjoker on Apr-07-2005 17:51:

quote:
Originally posted by bluE_Neon
It depends what kind of RAM you want, what use it will have as well buddy. If you want performance RAM, I'd say OCZ is @ the top of the game in that department. For extreme gaming go with Corsair. I hope that helps

http://www.crucial.com/ for the top shelf shit.

Posted by bluE_Neon on Apr-07-2005 17:58:

I haven't overclocked my memory yet but I have a dual channel setup, 1GB and it's been flying for some time now Crucial is OK but it's not close to OCZ, Corsair or Kingston. I don't trust those little brand name companies, they just don't suit me

Posted by zokissima on Apr-07-2005 18:05:

Canada Computers: two thumbs up. I buy all my components there.
Kingston memory: generally pretty good, and you prob won't find a cheaper price than that. Go for it. Do you have a dual-channel MOBO?

Posted by Jem_hadar on Apr-07-2005 18:06:

quote:
Originally posted by TrickDaddE
Then your rockin...

...like Mario in your avatar!

Posted by VERTiG0 on Apr-07-2005 19:06:

I prefer Samsung RAM. Never ever ever EVER had a problem in nearly 10 years with it.

Posted by Sunquest on Apr-07-2005 19:15:

wow that was a lot of replies hehe
regarding this deal with Canada computers, it says 2 X 512, does that mean 2 X 512 = 1 gig???
am i reading it right?

Posted by Orko on Apr-07-2005 20:04:

www.logiccomputerhouse.com

and

www.infonec.com

they are usually cheaper than CC, in my experiences. Although CC does have better deals sometimes. but for consistancy, go with the two above.

Posted by TrickDaddE on Apr-07-2005 22:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Jem_hadar
...like Mario in your avatar!

Yes Guy!

Posted by TrickDaddE on Apr-07-2005 22:57:

Canada Computers and Logic Computer House have the best price Stock and selection.
But service and attitude sucks plus they will rarely take any products back on warranty.

I have bought several motherboards and had to send them back directly to ASUS in California and wait 6-8 week to have them repaired. Plus I had to pay the shipping 1 way. To make a long story short, I could have bought the boards from another supplier who honors the warranty here in Canada for 20$ more and if anything goes wrong they replace it within 48 hours.

Something to keep in mind when buying major components like CPU'S, MB's or Graphics units. Cheapest is not always the best!

me love u long time!!!

Posted by b4k-oz on Apr-07-2005 23:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunquest
wow that was a lot of replies hehe
regarding this deal with Canada computers, it says 2 X 512, does that mean 2 X 512 = 1 gig???
am i reading it right?

Your answer is yes...you got it right
2 x 512 = 1 gig

However Kingston valueRam is the bottom of the line...the possibility of failure is there. And I'm afraid with Canada Computers rep....you'd have to live with cutting your losses. If your ok with that, then go for the deal. Otherwise, I'd spend the extra $$ and pick OCZ at another dealer.

Now if only someone could have warned me about the Intel ICH5R chip on the Asus P4P800-E Deluxe Mb, they could have saved me a lot of aggravation.
For all of you guys who are into building your own pc's here's the werd.....the chip fries your mb...so the moment you start to smell it burning (and it has actually been known to catch on fire) turn the dahem thing off pronto...b4 it burns the rest of your parts.
Fack....now I gotta wait to replace it.

Posted by TrickDaddE on Apr-08-2005 13:40:

quote:
Originally posted by b4k-oz

Now if only someone could have warned me about the Intel ICH5R chip on the Asus P4P800-E Deluxe Mb, they could have saved me a lot of aggravation.
For all of you guys who are into building your own pc's here's the werd.....the chip fries your mb...so the moment you start to smell it burning (and it has actually been known to catch on fire) turn the dahem thing off pronto...b4 it burns the rest of your parts.
Fack....now I gotta wait to replace it.

Shit, this explains why I have had to send 3 ASUS boards with that chip on it back to ASUS so far. If you read my previous post in this thread!

Posted by b4k-oz on Apr-08-2005 16:25:

quote:
Originally posted by TrickDaddE
Shit, this explains why I have had to send 3 ASUS boards with that chip on it back to ASUS so far. If you read my previous post in this thread!

LOL....ya. This can totally piss you off. Luckily the mobo got replaced immediately through our contact. But when shite like this happens, even waiting for 24hrs is too long.

If ya wanna bounce off ideas or just need a Q&A feel free to pm me(us).

Posted by Orko on Apr-08-2005 16:59:

quote:
Originally posted by TrickDaddE
Canada Computers and Logic Computer House have the best price Stock and selection.
But service and attitude sucks plus they will rarely take any products back on warranty.

I have bought several motherboards and had to send them back directly to ASUS in California and wait 6-8 week to have them repaired. Plus I had to pay the shipping 1 way. To make a long story short, I could have bought the boards from another supplier who honors the warranty here in Canada for 20$ more and if anything goes wrong they replace it within 48 hours.

Something to keep in mind when buying major components like CPU'S, MB's or Graphics units. Cheapest is not always the best!

me love u long time!!!

i just had a Western Digital Hard drive fail on me, i brought it back 1.5 years after having bought it at Logic, and they sent it back FOR ME, and gave me a call when a new one was in. They said because i was a good customer they did it for me, but usually they only send stuff back within the first year.

Posted by bluE_Neon on Apr-08-2005 17:18:

quote:
Originally posted by TrickDaddE
Something to keep in mind when buying major components like CPU'S, MB's or Graphics units. Cheapest is not always the best!

me love u long time!!!

What you pay is what you get! That's the way I view a lot of things for.

Posted by Orko on Apr-08-2005 17:29:

quote:
Originally posted by bluE_Neon
What you pay is what you get! That's the way I view a lot of things for.

thats why i always go with Asus. Never had a problem with them yet, since i started buying my own parts 4-5 years ago.

Posted by b4k-oz on Apr-08-2005 17:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
i just had a Western Digital Hard drive fail on me, i brought it back 1.5 years after having bought it at Logic, and they sent it back FOR ME, and gave me a call when a new one was in. They said because i was a good customer they did it for me, but usually they only send stuff back within the first year.

Here's what you don't know...HD are warrantied by the manufacturer for 3 years. Some will go as far as 5. What the stores do is that they don't pass this on to the customers. "Buyer Beware".
If they said no to you...you could have found the manufacturer's location here in ontario and sent it in by xpresspost (keep your costs down) and they would have replaced it no questions asked.

That's why we prefer to build our own computers...thank you very much!