ram questions

[Gamingfreak]

right now i have corsair dual channel ram and i was thinking and getting another gb so if i did would it have to be the same brand or wont it matter? also are G. skill, Geil, Mushkin and OCZ good brands and which is the best one for overclocking?

 

[mammikoura]

Well I don't know about if the brand matters, but make sure that they have the same speeds and timings.

Geil, Mushkin, Corsair, Kingston and OCZ are all good ones. I think that Mushkin is the best when it comes to overclocking, but I'm not sure about that.

 

[G.]

www.curital.com

 

[Opteronix]

www.curital.com

Correction, www.crucial.com

And yes, brand does matter. Some RAM is TCCD based (aka my Geil PC4000), some is Samsung transistor base (aka Corsair), some is Micron based (aka Crucial), and some is Kyocera/Panasonic/Toshiba based.

 

[G.]

im knowin for my bad spellin

 

[Gamingfreak]

so mixing ram makes doesnt matter?

 

[mayorredbeard]

it DOES matter. not all ram companies make their ram the same, and that can cause problems. Be safe, get the same kind of ram you already have. Unless you want to ditch the ram you already have and throw in some new ram. Don't mix ram brands, theres a good chance you might run into problems, better off just playing it safe.