Memory Choice

[indigo196]

I am trying to choose a memory upgrade for my Lenovo T530.

CL 11 - Adata - $69.99
CL 10 - Corsair - $89.99

both are PC3 12800 DDR3 1600Mhz.

I have not been able to find many reviews on the Adata, but have not found many complaints either.

Anyone have experience with Adata memory? Any reason to pay the $20 more for the Corsair?

 

[KillerBee]

I bought Adata memory a couple years back to upgrade a cheap Acer laptop.
Still works - no complaints.

But then again memory is always a gamble no matter who makes it
just install and test before the RMA period runs out.

unfortunately though will not break any benchmark records with Adata

 

[blastingcap]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3

 

[indigo196]

blastingcap -- I was more concerned with Adata as a memory vendor, but the information on the timings is interesting.

 

[tweakboy]

I am trying to choose a memory upgrade for my Lenovo T530.

CL 11 - Adata - $69.99
CL 10 - Corsair - $89.99

both are PC3 12800 DDR3 1600Mhz.

I have not been able to find many reviews on the Adata, but have not found many complaints either.

Anyone have experience with Adata memory? Any reason to pay the $20 more for the Corsair?

A-DATA is garbage my dads SSD is A-DATA and it blows so I have experienced and they make cheap PSUs and memory,, Get the other kit worth paying more....... instead of crappy A-DATA lower tier company,, gl

 

[tweakboy]

You also get better CL and better quality product and Im telling you pay the extra 20 bucks get quality with Corsair and reliability and stability. GL

 

[indigo196]

Thanks tweakboy,.. it's only $20 so not that big of a deal... but it has been a while since I upgraded memory.

I used to use Mushkin in my desktops.

 

[dmoney1980]

I agree with tweakboy, but based on your first post can I ask how much RAM you are buying? The prices seem high

 

[indigo196]

I agree with tweakboy, but based on your first post can I ask how much RAM you are buying? The prices seem high

16 GB -- laptop memory.

 

[Revolution 11]

I don't see why Adata would be particularly bad. Just run memtest and some other RAM tests to make sure that RAM is good before your return period runs out. If it passes a reasonable test standard, the RAM is good. If not, it's troublesome. Don't worry about who made the RAM. Now RMA and/or warranty policies would be a good criteria to judge the vendor on.

 

[bryanl]

I suspect A-Data obtains most of its DRAM chips from the surplus market, which includes chips shipped uncut, in whole wafer form from companies like Samsung, Hynix, and Micron, and not fully tested.