Silicon Power Reliable?

[JakobyGames]

So, I've built gaming PCs for friends for years. Usually they have a near bottomless budget, so I've never had to work around a budget.
Now I'm building my first personal gaming rig and I am trying to cut every corner. As a college student with some excess grant money, every cent counts. Perfect timing too considering RAM pricing is a fustercluck right now. 

I'm considering cutting a few dollars off RAM by using SP instead of G.Skill. Is Silicon Power a reliable brand?

[QuantumBit]

Never heard of it. I know this isn't really what you're asking, but maybe give us a link to the build? Maybe we can help a bit more

[MadModder]

They started the company in 2003, and all the reviews I've seen say it's up to spec. Unfortunately reliability is something that isn't often included in reviews since it takes years of use to figure that out.

[JakobyGames]

I've just decided to go with G.Skill to be safe. Better to spend 5 extra dollars on reputable ram than 70 more dollars on replacement ram.

[vanished]

I've seen some very cheap SSDs from them (well, at least in terms of total price.  $/GB wasn't exceptional, but was at or below other brands still).

[ARikozuM]

I've only had issue with one of their SSD's out of 12-13 120/240GB models. The only thing I can really say against them is that they feel kind of cheap when held. Performance is about what you would expect from an SSD, though. I'd give some of their S60's a 3.5/5. 

[AshleyAshes]

Most of those companies don't even MAKE RAM.  They just buy the chips.  Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron combined produce about 93% of the DRAM on the planet,  All the 'reputable brands' or 'cheap brands' you guys buy RAM from did not make the RAM, they just bought it off the shelf and put it in fancy PCBs and covered it with 'l33t' looking heat sinks.

 

And here's the most critical thing: How do you even know what 'reputable memory' is when you ONLY know the name of the brand on the side of the colorful box but you can't name who actually made the DRAM used?

[JakobyGames]

Thank you for this new point of view. In case it's unintentional, I want to highlight that your wording and delivery comes across as pompous.

[LienusLateTips]

My parent's friend used to work at Silicon Power and would give us gifts from her company, including a bunch of USBs ever year. They've worked well.

[ApolloX75]

I've used Silicon Power several times with absolutely no issues. For the price (at least in Canada) they often can't be beat, as they usually go on sale quite often.

[vanished]

The thing about the maker of the actual memory =/= the brand on the drive was already brought up, and it's true, so in that way, you might think that the brand on the box doesn't matter much, but it can.  For example, look at this: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6868/silicon-power-s60-240gb-ssd-review/index.html

While it's still always important to check reviews to ensure you aren't sucked in by this or similar trickery, I think you're less likely to see behaviour like that from a big well respected name like Corsair than some other random thing.

[asand1]

I've had my SP SSD  for about two years now and it's been great.