Is K-Byte RAM any good?

[fwtong]

I need some DDR ram, and this stuff is pretty cheap. But, is it any good?

 

[John]

Caveat Emptor

 

[novice]

FWIW, I also would be careful of the PNY ram. I bought some really cheap PC-2700 PNY with spek-tek chips and it was very unstable in my Shuttle AN35N motherboard at the 166 fsb setting. It ran fine at 133, but I wanted to overclock my T-Bred B, so I had to replace the ram. It is running okay in a MSI KT3 Ultra 2 at 166, but I am still not sure I trust it. I think K-Byte is in the same class, cheap, but you get what you pay for.

 

[jackschmittusa]

I've used several sticks of it in office class machines and never had a problem with it. I wouldn't try to oc it or tweak the timings though. I think I've only used it in single stick installations. I also wouldn't trust it in a dual channel setup. Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, and such test every stick. This is the kind where they test a couple of sticks per barrel.

 

[Corporate Thug]

most likely will run advertised speeds but that means loose timings. ok if u are not a power user but forget about this stuff if you want to run low latency and/or overclock

 

[mikeford]

Personally my view is much better to stick with a non tweaked system, I'll take stability over speed.

 

[novice]

Originally posted by: mikeford
Personally my view is much better to stick with a non tweaked system, I'll take stability over speed.

The point some of us are trying to make is that bargain basement ram may not even be stable at default speeds, hence your untweaked system may not even be stable. If you want to go cheap, at least get decent cheap, i.e. crucial, mushkin basic, kingston valueram, or Buffalo Technology. That should eliminate at least one potential glitch in your system.

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: jackschmittusa
I've used several sticks of it in office class machines and never had a problem with it. I wouldn't try to oc it or tweak the timings though. I think I've only used it in single stick installations. I also wouldn't trust it in a dual channel setup. Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, and such test every stick. This is the kind where they test a couple of sticks per barrel.

Yo ho ho and a barrel O' Ram!

 

[kitkit201]

actually this ran on my asus board dual channel just fine on 2700 speed, my two crucial 2100 oced to 2700 at the same time too.. but the kingston,,.. oh man, that didn't even boot up at 2700, only 2100!!

 

[novice]

Originally posted by: kitkit201
actually this ran on my asus board dual channel just fine on 2700 speed, my two crucial 2100 oced to 2700 at the same time too.. but the kingston,,.. oh man, that didn't even boot up at 2700, only 2100!!

Just curious, what kind of chips were on the Kingston? I have a 512 mb stick of Kingston Valueram PC-2700 with winbond CH-6 chips that ran stable at 175 Mhz on my Shuttle. I would hazard a guess that your stick(s) came with some no name chips.

 

[Idz21]

I never heard of K-byte RAM. And cheap ususally means you'll have problems with compatability as well as funcionality.

 

[unclebud]

"I would hazard a guess that your stick(s) came with some no name chips."
that is the kind i got from cc, nothing but kingston on them and "d328dl-60 0319pt16..." blah
google only turned up a memory comparison in russian

 

[CDRecorder]

Some PNY RAM is good, or at least it was in the past. I have a 256MB PC133 DIMM from PNY with Micron chips on it. I also have PNY RAM that is made by Infineon and some other unknown manufacturer. It's all working fine, though.

 

[zikronix]

Originally posted by: pspada

Originally posted by: jackschmittusa
I've used several sticks of it in office class machines and never had a problem with it. I wouldn't try to oc it or tweak the timings though. I think I've only used it in single stick installations. I also wouldn't trust it in a dual channel setup. Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, and such test every stick. This is the kind where they test a couple of sticks per barrel.

Yo ho ho and a barrel O' Ram!

LOL