Axion's "Micron" RAM?

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I'm shopping for some ECC PC2100 RAM. Using DealRAM.com I found Axion
Technology advertising Micron 512MB DDR266 ECC. 32X8, 184-Pins DIMM, OEM.
NEW, for $80.

This is cheaper than everyone else for ECC. That raises a red flag for sure.
Anyone have any experience with Axion? Is their Micron RAM really Micron or
are just the component chips Micron?

Thanks,

Dave
 
They are local, to me. Bestcomputerusa also uses Micron. Seems to work,
just fine.

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Pack Fan stood up at show-n-tell, in (e-mail address removed), and
said:
 
I'm shopping for some ECC PC2100 RAM. Using DealRAM.com I found Axion
Technology advertising Micron 512MB DDR266 ECC. 32X8, 184-Pins DIMM, OEM.
NEW, for $80.

This is cheaper than everyone else for ECC. That raises a red flag for sure.
Anyone have any experience with Axion? Is their Micron RAM really Micron or
are just the component chips Micron?

Thanks,

Dave
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I'm gettng Elixir in 512MB DDR400 for less than that so the price does
not suprise me.
 
Hey Pack Fan!

Have you looked at the Crucial.com page? Crucial is the company that is the
main distrubuter for Micron. Micron makes it's own chips as well as the
boards for the ram chips to sit on for each memory module. Micron chips are
regularly bought by other manufacturers who install them on their personal
versions of ram sticks. When Crucial sells you a stick of ram, it has been
tested in a number of different ways and guaranteed to perform to the
statements they make about their memory. Crucial does not support
overclocking, however to restate, they are gauranteed for life to perform to
what you buy.

It has been my experience that buying a stick of shall we say 512mb 400 ram
will perform to the specs by spd. Overclocking any memory chip is at the
risk of data loss if the chip will not perform to the higher pressures being
put upon it.

The bottom line to all this is that you will get what you pay for if you buy
directly from Crucial.

It has consistently been my experience that Crucial ram has performed at
faster specs than what is stated for the particular stick of purchase. Of
course YMMV.

If you are into heavy or extreme overclocking, it is my opinion that you
would be better served by OCZ or some heavy duty Kingston ram to name a
couple and not to slight any fine ram manufacturer.

If you are running in a standard to mild overclocking speed configuration
Crucial ramy be exactly what you want. I think it is very good ram and have
it in all my machines here.

When I recently purchased a couple sticks from the crucial web site, they
came the very next day since I had put in the order before 10 am my local
time at no charge for shipping. This was from California to Illinois. They
DHL overnited the stuff!

Be aware that ram prices have also taken a rise recently.

Best of luck in your adventure.

Regards, Bob "hopelessly insane machine warrior" Troll
 
Bob Troll said:
Hey Pack Fan!

Have you looked at the Crucial.com page? Crucial is the company that is the
main distrubuter for Micron. Micron makes it's own chips as well as the
boards for the ram chips to sit on for each memory module. Micron chips are
regularly bought by other manufacturers who install them on their personal
versions of ram sticks. When Crucial sells you a stick of ram, it has been
tested in a number of different ways and guaranteed to perform to the
statements they make about their memory. Crucial does not support
overclocking, however to restate, they are gauranteed for life to perform to
what you buy.

It has been my experience that buying a stick of shall we say 512mb 400 ram
will perform to the specs by spd. Overclocking any memory chip is at the
risk of data loss if the chip will not perform to the higher pressures being
put upon it.

The bottom line to all this is that you will get what you pay for if you buy
directly from Crucial.

It has consistently been my experience that Crucial ram has performed at
faster specs than what is stated for the particular stick of purchase. Of
course YMMV.

If you are into heavy or extreme overclocking, it is my opinion that you
would be better served by OCZ or some heavy duty Kingston ram to name a
couple and not to slight any fine ram manufacturer.

If you are running in a standard to mild overclocking speed configuration
Crucial ramy be exactly what you want. I think it is very good ram and have
it in all my machines here.

When I recently purchased a couple sticks from the crucial web site, they
came the very next day since I had put in the order before 10 am my local
time at no charge for shipping. This was from California to Illinois. They
DHL overnited the stuff!

Be aware that ram prices have also taken a rise recently.

Best of luck in your adventure.

Regards, Bob "hopelessly insane machine warrior" Troll
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Hey Bob,

Thanks for the info. This machine will be my primary development machine. As
such, I won't be over-clocking or doing anything that might jeapordize its
stability.

I did read the Crucial information from their site. Very informative. But
they do seem a bit expensive for the ECC RAM, which is required by the MB
I'm currently favoring.

Also, I noticed that dealram.com has several cheaper alternatives from
reputable manufacturers. Most notably, Kingston.

Still waiting on one more check to come in before I pull the trigger. Hope
prices nose dive first!

Thanks,

Dave
 
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