smz

Corsair is one of my favorites. If you are looking to save $$$, I would stay with the value select line.

Kingston also has an entry level line called Value Ram. This is the stuff they sell at best buy with part numbers starting with KVR (Kingston value ram)

A big thing in past memory that wasn't advertised all that much was high density vs low density. I think that only affected DDR1 though. You could go through 5 boards till one of the high density generic sticks worked.

My advise is the same as Manic. Corsair C4 is by far the best. One thing about them, is many online stores have large rebates for these guys. Fry's.com had the same ram I paid way more for 6 months ago for $39 after rebate for 2GB (1gb x2) This is the best stuff 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1v. I don't look past PC6400 personally.

I also have Kingston HyperX DDR2 ram in my server also 4-4-4-12.
But a little surprise came my way. I bought 2GB of Kingston Valueram $37.99 for 2GB (1gb x 2) with no rebate and put that in my AMD Linux box. Would you believe that box is overclocked to a point where the ram is running at 806mhz (pc5300 rated at 667mhz)

No heatsinks or anything.

Well that's about it. I'd stay away from PQI and OCZ personally. I've always liked Crucial (micron), they've been around longer then almost anyone.

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