OCZ ram, reputable?

Message

jonnnny · #1 Post by **jonnnny** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:11 pm

I've read a lot of posts about brand name ram such as kingston, crucial, corsair. but nobody seemed to mention OCZ, are they reputable? The name seems to be good when it comes to desktop memory, but I'm not sure about laptop ram.

Does anyone have any experience with OCZ laptop ram and can comment on this?

Also, i can get pc3200 ocz for cheaper than pc2700, i realize it'll run at pc2700 on my t41, but there wont be any bad side effects (i.e. more power usage) correct?

Thanks

#2 Post by **K. Eng** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:04 pm

There should be no side effects running faster rated memory at slower speeds.

I don't know much about OCZ, but I do know that their reputation over the past few years has improved (due to new ownership, I believe). AnandTech and other major hardware sites test their DIMM modules from time to time.

As for notebook so-DIMMs, I wasn't even aware that OCZ made them. I have always been partial to Crucial and Kingston modules.

emorphien · #3 Post by **emorphien** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:40 pm

OCZ has had a less than stellar reputation in the past which they've been trying to improve upon (successfully).

That said I still stick to Kingston/Crucial/Corsair/Mushkin and have no real reason to deal with OCZ.

beerak · #4 Post by **beerak** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:26 pm

afaik OCZ is one of the best manufacturer of RAM for desktop machines all over the world. The golden class.

littleking · #5 Post by **littleking** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:43 pm

beerak wrote:afaik OCZ is one of the best manufacturer of RAM for desktop machines all over the world. The golden class.

your out of your mind, ocz does not MANUFACTURE ram... the order ram to their specs and rebrand it. its lame

beerak · #6 Post by **beerak** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:53 pm

littleking wrote:
beerak wrote:afaik OCZ is one of the best manufacturer of RAM for desktop machines all over the world. The golden class.
your out of your mind, ocz does not MANUFACTURE ram... the order ram to their specs and rebrand it. its lame

Like Verbatim is Mitsubishi and Toshiba is Samsung, huh ?

OCZ does manufacture ram ... where have you read that ? Give here pls some link.

ehsu · #7 Post by **ehsu** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:18 pm

Like beerak said, OCZ is one of the top RAM manufacturers for desktops, especially for high-end systems and enthusiasts. They also manufactur sodimms, but I don't know the quality if it is as good as their desktop products. However, I would give it a try based on their excellent desktop ram performance.

beerak · #8 Post by **beerak** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:58 pm

ehsu wrote:Like beerak said, OCZ is one of the top RAM manufacturers for desktops, especially for high-end systems and enthusiasts. They also manufactur sodimms, but I don't know the quality if it is as good as their desktop products. However, I would give it a try based on their excellent desktop ram performance.

I have OCZ in my desktop and I'm satisfied but I have no information about their ram for laptops :/ Maybe he should try some verified one.

gattler · #9 Post by **gattler** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:41 am

OCZ has won more than one award from anandtech and about 100 more awards from overclocker sites. In desktop area, they are absolut HIGHEND and very stable on almost every board, like crucial ballistix. They use differnt kind of chips in different modules. Everybody who thinks OCZ is not a good brand simply dont know the current computer scene.

#10 Post by **aamsel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:48 pm

I do not have moderator status, but as someone who has been around here for awhile, we do not put other forum members down here, or flame, etc.
It is not a typical forum in that regard. We try to be as helpful as possible to everyone here. Basically, please be polite.

Otherwise....Welcome!

Andrew
Austin, TX

littleking wrote:...your out of your mind, ocz does not MANUFACTURE ram... the order ram to their specs and rebrand it. its lame

DIGITALgimpus · #11 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:33 am

there are not to many companies that make ram. Actually just a few. It's expensive to make.

Most companies, buy it, test, rebrand, package, and sell.

That's why it's a bit of a coin toss as to the quality. One batch may have X brand chips, while another may have Y brand.

IMHO that's why Crucial rocks. They only use their parent company (micron) who sells to IBM and Apple among others.... so you know the quality is pretty consistant.

floyyed · #12 Post by **floyyed** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:57 am

DIGITALgimpus wrote:there are not to many companies that make ram. Actually just a few. It's expensive to make.

Most companies, buy it, test, rebrand, package, and sell.

That's why it's a bit of a coin toss as to the quality. One batch may have X brand chips, while another may have Y brand.

IMHO that's why Crucial rocks. They only use their parent company (micron) who sells to IBM and Apple among others.... so you know the quality is pretty consistant.

OCZ uses Infineon chips on it laptop ram.

It should be ok for normal use.

OCZ ram, reputable?

OCZ ram, reputable?

Who is online