Why don't ram manufacturers advertise what die they use?

[Egg_Addict]

I've been researching ram a lot lately. One thing irks me: why tf don't manufacturers advertise what die they use? I already know how to figure out what die different ram manufacturers use, but a clear advertising of it would be great. I do know that they change what die is on their sticks frequently, but some are confirmed to be pretty much exclusively one die. Hear me out, they could make a killing selling ram that's advertised to be made with Samsung B-die. I know I would buy it.

[Kilrah]

-> Moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

 

Because they want to be able to change at any time.

A few do mention it on some models and stick to it and you pay the associated premium for it. 

[Shimejii]

They dont want people avoiding their products. If a Product has Hynix, its generally considered an inferior product compared to Micron or Samsung, even if  that is not the case. From my Experience, Hynix kits tend to be crap on ryzen, but work better on intel. 

 

Flexibility as mentioned above. What happens when Samsung stops making B-die, and swaps to something else, they now have to make a new model ram stick  and everything, Some already do this, but others dont.

 

Generally speaking its so they can get away with selling you whatever they can get, similar to how SSD's from Adata and XPG are being sold, they dont guarantee what chips they use, just the Speed and Storage capacity. 

[Mateyyy]

It's because, with most memory kits, they won't always be using one particular die.

 

3200 CL16 kits are the clearest example of this, since pretty much any die under the sun will run those speeds, so if you were to buy several 3200 CL16 Vengeance LPX kits for instance, even right now you'd probably see various different ICs used in them (possibly including reject Samsung B-die even).

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, Egg_Addict said:

I've been researching ram a lot lately. One thing irks me: why tf don't manufacturers advertise what die they use? I already know how to figure out what die different ram manufacturers use, but a clear advertising of it would be great. I do know that they change what die is on their sticks frequently, but some are confirmed to be pretty much exclusively one die. Hear me out, they could make a killing selling ram that's advertised to be made with Samsung B-die. I know I would buy it.

PC enthusiasts aren't primary customers of large manufactures. it's OEM's. Of the small percent of individual buyers an even smaller group cares about the die used, most of which can check it out themselves. There is no point in marketing ram by die type, since 1. it creates confusion for less technical buyers and 2. can create problems with false advertising when a manufacturer decides to switch when there is supply shortage, and a merchant does not update the specifications. 

[CryingWimp]

They buy what ever is cheapest in bulk at the moment. 2 same ram kits ordered the same time can arrive with 2 different chips, including single vs dual rank.

 

If you buy quality expensive ram it is consistant. They still don't list it though, I agree with others that it is likely to not negatively affect other sales. Probably a giant  headache for the company to change product listings everytime they change a componant too.

[Whirrun]

I would like to know how to tell what die a kit is as well. Please lmk how!

[Mister Woof]

38 minutes ago, Whirrun said:

I would like to know how to tell what die a kit is as well. Please lmk how!

Run thaiphoon burner and just use it to read

[Whirrun]

Ah, I thought he can know the die from an ad, before buying. My bad.

[Mister Woof]

28 minutes ago, Whirrun said:

Ah, I thought he can know the die from an ad, before buying. My bad.

You can look up the part number and check people's recent reports and data they post online, but it could still change