Why Such a Difference In Memory Price?

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Either 2gig stick on that page, they're both 3 time the price of the
Kingston.
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The Crucial is PC2 8500/DDR2 1066 ram.
The Kingston is PC2 6400/DDR2 800 ram. The faster Crucial costs more.
Is it worth 3 times as much? That's up to the buyer.

Bill
 
jim said:
Two gig of this Crucial memory http://tinyurl.com/2h94vu costs three
times as much an equivalent amount of this Kingston memory
http://tinyurl.com/ywmx2f. What do you get for the extra money?
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Crucial isn't that cheap if you buy directly from them, but the memory
they sell in stores seems to be roughly the same price as other brands
of the same ratings and capacities.

I haven't had a bad Crucial module yet, while lots of Kingstons tested
bad on me, maybe because Kingston often cuts the silicon wafers
themselves and doesn't apply the most stringent testing standards.
 
larry moe 'n curly said:
Crucial isn't that cheap if you buy directly from them, but the
memory they sell in stores seems to be roughly the same price as
other brands of the same ratings and capacities.

I haven't had a bad Crucial module yet, while lots of Kingstons
tested bad on me, maybe because Kingston often cuts the silicon
wafers themselves and doesn't apply the most stringent testing
standards.
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I have bought Kingston memory exclusively since 8 MB modules were on
sale at the local Office Depot, up to my current HyperX** 1 GB
modules ordered from Newegg. None of them have tested bad. Consider
the retailer?
 
John said:
I have bought Kingston memory exclusively since 8 MB modules were on
sale at the local Office Depot, up to my current HyperX** 1 GB
modules ordered from Newegg. None of them have tested bad. Consider
the retailer?
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I don't think it's been the retailers but Kingston itself. The
results were consistent with the markings on the chips, the worst
chips having absolutely nothing written on them.

How did you test?
 
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