RAM durability

[paprikman]

Hello.

When we're talking about hdd or ssd, there is some 'durability', how long it can be used.

And I'm just wondering: what about RAM?

For example, some crucial ram sticks have lifetime warranty, but all of kingstone's - 1-3 years.

 

EDIT: I'm talknig about normal home/gaming use of ram, not about servers or etc.

[Glenwing]

They pretty much last forever.

[X1XNobleX1X]

In my personal experience RAM is something that doesn't die very often.

I'v had DDR3 memory since the beginning and it still runs perfectly.

[Feronix]

Hope it's allowed, but I'm going to quote a guy from the OC3D forums, and then the reply of a Corsair rep (Grey_Beard)

 

 

RAM must be one of the only things that comes with a true lifetime warranty. Awesome stuff Corsair (and Kingston etc)

 

Makes me wonder why it is though. Is it that rare for it to die in service? It's either DOA or usually works for good? Or is it just that it's made so well and has no moving parts or things that go bang like capacitors. I've had two sticks die in ten years and both replaced no questions asked. Wish more tech would come with such guarantees

 

 

Correct. In short, the nature of how RAMs are built. There are other factors as well, like RAM failure rate is relatively negligible compared to other PC components. I am pretty sure there other reasons as well, I just don't know what they are.

[paprikman]

In my personal experience RAM is something that doesn't die very often.

I'v had DDR3 memory since the beginning and it still runs perfectly.

I have 2 sticks of 2gb ddr3 ram in home pc, but I'd wanna upgrade the entire pc, don't wanna throw it away.

If it gonna last 'forever', then I'd just give it someone else.

Thanks.

[Badger906]

in my 20 so years of pc building (yeah I did start at like 5 or 6!)

ive had 1 ram dimm die!

was a 1gb ocz gold stick.

stupidly I got my gpu RMA'd as I thought it was the cause of my artifacts and what not.

I have had an Ssd die on me.. funnily enough it was also an Ocz product! and it died 2 weeks before the warranty was up.. I left it in my draw 2 weeks and then realised and had a very big tantrum!!

then again it was in my macbook that got sooooooo much use and was always in and out of sleep ect.

[ApolloX75]

Hello.

When we're talking about hdd or ssd, there is some 'durability', how long it can be used.

And I'm just wondering: what about RAM?

For example, some crucial ram sticks have lifetime warranty, but all of kingstone's - 1-3 years.

EDIT: I'm talknig about normal home/gaming use of ram, not about servers or etc.

I've got a box filled with EDO RAM and near as I can tell all of it still works. We're talking like 1MB and 2MB sticks here... So advanced lol. Come to think of it I don't know I have anything that still uses that anymore... I think it outlasted the rest of the hardware.

I also have lots of SDRAM in many flavours that still work just fine after more than a decade of being service.

Only time I have ever seen bad RAM is either in a DOA situation or when overclocking goes wrong.

[typographie]

Hello.

When we're talking about hdd or ssd, there is some 'durability', how long it can be used.

And I'm just wondering: what about RAM?

For example, some crucial ram sticks have lifetime warranty, but all of kingstone's - 1-3 years.

 

EDIT: I'm talknig about normal home/gaming use of ram, not about servers or etc.

 

HDDs have moving parts, so endurance is a huge concern there. SSDs have no moving parts, but their controllers can die after a certain number of reads/writes.

 

There's not very many ways RAM can fail, though. Unless it was actually defective to start with or run far out of spec, it's likely to outlive it's usefulness.

[TheMcSame]

RAM is pretty durable tbh. Even a kit from some cheap ass brand will last because the chips are, more than likely, made by Samsung, that goes for just about every other RAM stick as well.