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ok fine...i can agree on the tech support and the reliability factor...etc etc etc as you said...i agree with you totally...you dont get the kinda support crucial gives at a computer show or such...
But im no overclocker, and i really dont care if i have ram that is "good" for overclocking...because im not an overclocked as i stated...
Nor do i care if i have ram thats "bad" for overclocking...personally i think all RAM was designed to run at the speed it was made for, nothing faster...when ram can be overclocked WELL it tells me that the ram, which was designed for the speed designated, is just manufactored slightly differently to handle overclocking better
Now if brand X ram from a computer show (or an internet reseller) is $20-$30 less than crucial, then im more likely to get it because im not an overclocker and i have every intention for using it at the speed it was designed for.
Lets assume im an OC'r and i buy this brand X RAM from the computer show with the intention of overclocking it...assuming it was designed for, lets give a number, 133 MHz, it is not guaranteed to run well at over 133...so i shouldnt be expecting the best of all possible worlds when overclocking...which is with ALL RAM and other products such as CPU's and GPU's etc...
With CPU's i mean like its different, you either buy AMD or Intel...there isnt a thin like with RAM and graphics cards where there are tons of different makers making the next brand different from the next...
But with the CPU, the certain CPU you get ISNT guaranteed to run at a clockspeed that others have acheived...What im saying is, lets say someguy out in city XYZ in country ABC buys an AMD 1700+ and somehow manages to get the clockspeed up to over 2.0 GHz, his SPECIFIC chip got that. And lets say another guy in city MNO in country DEF can get his to 2.0 GHz, or at least tries b/c he heard from the guy in ABC, XYZ that it can get to 2.0 GHz, but is unsuccessful b/c its unstable. each chip is slightly different from the next: the same with RAM...one thing is certain with these two users, both of them will always be able to maintain 1.47GHz...what im saying is that these chips were designed to RUN at 1.47GHz, nothing higher, but of course YOU CAN go higher by overclocking...being that one chip is different from the next, one chip may better support the higher speeds...
All RAM is the same in how it comes...256MB is usually 32x8 and the list can go on from there with other sizes of RAM...now that one chip differs from the next chip thing applies here in that brand X designs their own RAM while crucial designs their own...both are able to be used by SDR motherboards, but crucial chips were designed to better support overclocking...but both is certain about both pieces of RAM, they will both SUCCESSFULLY run at 133 MHz...
Again, being that im not an overclocker, im not looking to see which piece will better overclock, im looking where i can save some $$$...
And being that most of consumer america isnt overclocking, they are looking to save the $$$ not trying to figure out which piece will serve better in overclocking...
Please do not take this post the wrong way...not trying to be the bad guy anywhere...just expressing my thoughts...