Ram advice

[PapaJohn]

Is SK Hynix trusted or known for faulty ram?

[Oshino Shinobu]

I would hope they're not known for faulty RAM as they're a pretty big supplier of DRAM. If they were faulty, a lot of other brands would be faulty as they use SK Hynix chips. 

 

Basically, they're trusted. 

 

EDIT: Remember that big fire in 2013 that caused a hike in RAM prices due to a big supplier losing fabrication factories? That was SK Hynix, they're a major player ($13.3 Billion revenue in 2013)

 

EDIT 2: Just to really drive my point  SK Hynix is the second largest chipmaker after Samsung. 

[PapaJohn]

4 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

I would hope they're not known for faulty RAM as they're a pretty big supplier of DRAM. If they were faulty, a lot of other brands would be faulty as they use SK Hynix chips. 

 

Basically, they're trusted. 

 

EDIT: Remember that big fire in 2013 that caused a hike in RAM prices due to a big supplier losing fabrication factories? That was SK Hynix, they're a major player ($13.3 Billion revenue in 2013)

Then I do believe I was just sold a bad stick of ram from eBay. I got it for $15. I knew it was to good to be true 

[Pittman90]

2 minutes ago, PapaJohn said:

Then I do believe I was just sold a bad stick of ram from eBay. I got it for $15. I knew it was to good to be true 

Yeah you got to watch out with ebay, but you can get 8gb of ram for like $30 ish new these days 

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, Pittman90 said:

Yeah you got to watch out with ebay, but you can get 8gb of ram for like $30 ish new these days 

Unfortunately it's much closer to $40 for DDR3 and $50 for DDR4 now days. 

[Pittman90]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

Unfortunately it's much closer to $40 for DDR3 and $50 for DDR4 now days. 

Maybe I just got some good deals but I got some not too long ago for 30

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, Pittman90 said:

Maybe I just got some good deals but I got some not too long ago for 30

How long ago was that?  

 

DRAM and Flash storage prices have been going up quite a bit recently, especially with DDR4. 

 

Cheapest on PCPP is $37 for 8GB DDR3 and $48 for 8GB DDR4

[Pittman90]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

How long ago was that?  

 

DRAM and Flash storage prices have been going up quite a bit recently, especially with DDR4. 

 

Cheapest on PCPP is $37 for 8GB DDR3 and $48 for 8GB DDR4

Well actually now that I think about it, might have been over a year ago