SpecTek SDRAM?

[Ergregori]

Is SpecTek memory any good? I just purchased two sticks of PNY 256MB PC133 RAM from CompUSA and apparently it is made by a company called SpecTek.

 

[Budman]

http://www.spectek.com

Cheap ram,not good overclocker.

SpecTek is a part of the Micron Technology family of companies

 

[Ergregori]

Not even if it packages DRAM chips supplied to them from Micron? How does it compare to Infineon? I guess I could bring them back and exchange for ones from Infineon.

 

[Macro2]

RE:"Cheap ram,not good overclocker"

Have you tried to overclock it?
I have 3 sticks of it I picked up last month. Haven't used it yet, will soon.

 

[Brian48]

They're a Micron owned company. Quality is very similiar to regular Micron and Crucial RAM. Maybe not quite as high end, but generally it's good enough for most purposes.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Macro2
RE:"Cheap ram,not good overclocker"

Have you tried to overclock it?
I have 3 sticks of it I picked up last month. Haven't used it yet, will soon.

Yes I have had them before,cas3 at most it did 140mhz.

 

[Macro2]

Well i've had some Crucial PC2100 that wouldn't go much over that either (140). Is this Specktek actually using micron chips?

I also got a couple sticks of Nanya...i don't expect more than 145 out of those either but they won't likely be OCed anyway.
All these guys that got PC2700 Infineon and Samsung were lucky. I checked all the ram at CompUSA Staples and CC and no dice.

Mac

 

[CraigRT]

in my findings it's decent memory.
haven't had many bad sticks of that stuff at all.

it's a division of Crucial/Micron so they are okay.
it also is not too bad of an overclocker surprisingly.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Budman
http://www.spectek.com

Cheap ram,not good overclocker.

Agreed; it works fine; you might only be able to get a few more MHz out of it.

 

[Eix666]

Originally posted by: Budman
http://www.spectek.com

Cheap ram,not good overclocker.

a friend had Spectek SDRam, cheap-yes, bad overclocker-no....
he had it running cl2 (5-2-2-2) with fsb well over 140, i think it was 145 or maybe even more...
when I was buying some new ram, i had a chance to directly compare it to micron and kingston, and guess what SPECTEK RUULED THEM ALL neither micron or kingston could handle that much fsb with cl2+turbo settings (5-2-2-2)...

another SD-Ram I had was GREEN memory, but damn if that wasn't a buy of the year for me, it worked with fsb near 150 and cl2 (AND was THE cheapest mem I could find)!!!

after using those two (spectek and green), both micron and kingston (both highly praised), lost a lot of credibility in my eyes...

 

[Ergregori]

So I went back and pick up two additional sticks of PNY 256MB PC133 made with Infineon chips. Which one should I return (SpecTek or Infineon)? Help guys!

 

[nick1985]

spectek

 

[glenn1]

Which one should I return (SpecTek or Infineon)? Help guys!

All other things being equal, i'd keep the Infineon... much higher resell value down the road when you eventually upgrade.

 

[SuperSix]

Spectek is basically modules made up from Micron 2nds, returns, etc.

Cheap yes, but overclockability will be a crapshoot.

*I* would spend a few dollars more for true Micron, Infineon, Samsung, etc..