[mythtv-users] RAM differences, was: will this system cut it ?

[Alex Butcher]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Thursday 12 March 2009 19:04:15 sonofzev at iinet.net.au wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'll have a spare AMD 4200+ and either 2GB cheap RAM or 1GB good corsair
>> RAM.. available soon..
>
> I'm wondering if there really is a difference between "cheap" and the "name
> brand" RAM, or are you just paying for marketing in the latter case?

I've been buying Crucial's standard modules, and more recently Kingston
Valueram without any problems. I don't overclock, and I pay attention to my
motherboards' Qualified Vendor List. If I was into overclocking, I might pay
more for the faster and fancier memory, but I don't think overclocking is
value for money once one factors in the hassle of researching and sourcing
the right steppings, cost of fancy heatsinks and memory and so on.

Best Regards,
Alex.