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schi0249 - Oct 18, 2007

		schi0249	Oct 18, 2007
		Once I get paid, I plan on picking up a couple 1 gig sticks of DDRII. I am running Win XP on an ASROCK 775Dual-VSTA. It supports up to 2 gig's of DDRII 667. I was checking out newegg for prices. Anyone have a brand they prefer? Also, are heat spreaders needed? Here is the link to the search: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...4:8437&bop=A... Thanks.

		ExCyber	Oct 18, 2007
		Heat spreaders are cosmetic (they have nowhere near enough surface area or mass to really matter). As for brand, I generally think the best thing to do is get a module that's been tested by your board manufacturer. I'm not sure ASRock bothers with such things, though.

		schi0249	Oct 18, 2007
		They told me to check with the memory manufacturers. I have always used corsair or kingston in the past, and I will probably buy kingston again. I thought I would just check here first.

		Dyne	Nov 9, 2007
		generally i've stuck with Kingston for their value line, OCZ, Mushkin and A-Data. unless you're overclocking you can use pretty much any brand.

		mtxblau	Nov 13, 2007
		Warranties are kind of important too. My experiences show that no name brand ram tends to start acting funny a couple years in, and not have quite the tolerances as name brand ram. I'd like to toss Crucial out there. http://crucial.com/...

		mtxblau	Nov 20, 2007
		Addendum: a kingston ram chip failed. Called tech support, they emailed me an RMA and prepaid the freight to ship back. They'll overnight a new piece as soon as they receive the one I send. All for free. One less headache... and kudos to kingston.

		Scared0o0Rabbit	Jan 1, 2008
		I'll second crucial. They have wonderful warranties reportedly, however I've never needed one. BTW, on my server running 2 1 gig pc2700 sticks I've had the computer on for almost 24/7 since some time in 2004...

		dibz	Jan 1, 2008
		I side with ExCyber on this. Even ram by manufacturers I've had great luck with can be complete ass with the right motherboard. Your best bet is to see what the motherboard maker recommends for what you're using.

		markspend01	Jul 20, 2013
		Hey Guys can some one tell me that what is the best memory card I can get for the Canon Powershot?