"Micron" memory? Any good?

[moreau]

I see prices for "Micron" memory. I thought the good stuff from micron was sold under the Crucial brand. And suppossedly it is very good. So, what is "Micron" memory?

The prices are reasonable. I've always purchased generic memory (but from a vendor I trust) and had good success. Are these micron chips in generic parts?

your help please...

[Mark F]

Crucial is the memory sales arm of MICRON. When you percaise memory from Crucial you are getting Micron memory (chips) on their PCB, sold by them. Others manufacterers can buy the micron memory chips and mount them themselves for sale. Even CorsairMicro uses Micron memory chips on some of its modules as do others.
The Micron memory chips are generaly of very high quality. They are one of the worlds largest memory makers, and maje their chips here in the USA. The Tiwanies are fighting hard to stop them from being able to import them there. Even with import duties they are a threat to the sales of their home built memory. Gotta love that!!!

Mark F.

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[Jammrock]

Micron memory is generally considered one of the top 3 (if not number 1) consumer memories in the world. Mark F explained the whole chip selling thing very well, so I won't bother.

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[Thundrchez]

Micron SDRAM is top notch stuff, IMHO. I've got several sticks of theirs and they run beautifully for me.

Occasionally when you order "generic", the flavor of the day may be Micron. Usually it is not, though. If it is Micron, it will be plainly printed on the chips on the stick, if you know what their symbol looks like.

[Rick]

Has anyone ordered any memory from Mushkin? If so have you had good luck with their stuff?

tks

Rick

[Wombat]

I almost ordered from Mushkin, but went for Crucial. Make sure you order on-line, b/c you get 10% off. Last I looked, 128MB of PC133 RAM was about $200, and my Athlon board loves it to pieces.

[KvHagedorn]

It just so happens I got my order today from Crucial, and I paid under $150 for a 128MB stick of PC133 from them. They usually have as good a price as any out there, and have the added bonus of being very good quality memory as well.

The only brands that could really be argued as better than Micron are probably Corsair (which I use in my home server.. it is awesome stuff) and the HSDRAM sold by pc133memory.com. The latter is more stable at bus speeds over 133MHz. These cost considerably more though.

If you want to spend the going rate for generic SDRAM, you don't have any excuse not to get the good Micron stuff from Crucial.. It's the same price for better memory.

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Kind Regards,

KvH

[Alfie]

Mushkin also sells good quality memory,as does Memoryman.
Buying from any of the 3 companies is highly advised.