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I had a 2 gb PC2 5300 DDR2 SDRAM from lenovo in my laptop for maybe a year at most and it recently went bad. So my question is there a certain brand of ram that tends to be better?

OK, you're going to get a lot of different opinions on this because it's personal preference/experience with regard to choosing RAM. I recommend getting Crucial because of high reliability, decent customer service, and lifetime warranty...not to mention it always works well in Thinkpads.

+1 for Crucial.

I have used a variety of RAM manufacturers in Thinkpads with very little trouble. The only RAM stick that actually failed while I was using it, was Crucial. BUT, even though I had purchased the RAM second hand, I contacted Crucial for RMA, send the bad stick in, and Crucial replaced it at no charge! All it cost me was a couple of bucks to send the bad stick in. So, if you can't tell, I'm recommending Crucial also.

Neil wrote:I have used a variety of RAM manufacturers in Thinkpads with very little trouble. The only RAM stick that actually failed while I was using it, was Crucial. BUT, even though I had purchased the RAM second hand, I contacted Crucial for RMA, send the bad stick in, and Crucial replaced it at no charge! All it cost me was a couple of bucks to send the bad stick in. So, if you can't tell, I'm recommending Crucial also.

I'll second the recommendation of Crucial. I've bought Crucial RAM for years, and have only once had a bad module. I didn't get it replaced by Crucial (cheaper/more convenient just to use some sticks I had lying around), but given that my handling of said RAM was a bit careless I'm not sure it was their fault.

Highly recommended list:
Crucial, Kingston, Corsair

Recommended list:
G.SKILL, OCZ, Mushkin, PQI, Patriot

Wouldn't touch with a five meter stick:
A-DATA

Navck wrote:Highly recommended list:
Crucial, Kingston, Corsair

Recommended list:
G.SKILL, OCZ, Mushkin, PQI, Patriot

Wouldn't touch with a five meter stick:
A-DATA

Agreed. 2x2GB Corsair work excellent