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    #1

    How is Mushkin Ram ?

    Planning to buy 2 kit of these since they're cheap:

    http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=52621&vpn=998776&manufacture=Mushkin%20Enhanced


    I'm used to buy Corsair or Kingston... Bought some OCZ a long while ago, never tried Mushkin.

    Should I bother, or should I splurge for Kingston (around 30 $ more per kit) ?



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    They used to be pretty good, probably still are.
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      #3
      Of the four pairs of Mushkin RAM I've purchased, two failed within six months, one was DOA (both modules), and one is still working after 2 years. These were all run at stock speeds and voltages in low stress systems.

      I will no longer purchase Mushkin products.
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        #4
        Mushkin sucks now. Was good back in 2005.

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          #5
          I like mushkin, excellent speed and response for RMA. I would buy mushkin but I wouldn't expect it to last overclocked.

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            #6
            Forgot to mention there would be no overclock...

            12 GB kits are getting scarce these days, and since it's pretty cheap now I want to upgrade (can't believe I've paid 130-ish for 4 GB 2 years ago) from my measly 6 GB (I want to run a couple of VMs + video editing / encoding).

            I still have about 2-3 weeks to decide... will scour the web to see if people have problems with those kit, otherwise I'll go with Kingston.

            Another question, is there some kind of benefit to go with 1.5v RAM vs 1.65v ? How can I know at what voltage the RAM (Mushkin) is ?



            It's like unicorns vomiting chocolate rainbows all over me as I float through a lollipop garden on a magic carpet.

            "Yes, but God has the right to get away with anything. Shoot animals, make ugly women, allow the existence of religious nuts, and watch liederhosen-wearing midget poodle-licking pornography. God's a sick bastard." - OzzieBloke

            Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes. ;-)

            God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

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              #7
              Originally posted by MangaSpawn64 View Post
              Another question, is there some kind of benefit to go with 1.5v RAM vs 1.65v ? How can I know at what voltage the RAM (Mushkin) is ?
              Well, when all other things are equal and the only difference is the lower voltage, I tend to feel the lower voltage memory is of better quality in that if it can to the same thing without the extra voltage. Plus it gives you a little headroom to play with in working out stability issues where voltage is required to resolve it.

              That being said, if you'll never run the memory beyond spec and the 1.5v is considerably more costly, I don't see buying the 1.65v memory a problem.
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                #8
                Used Mushkin plenty of times, never had an issue.
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                  #9
                  mushkin ram is the same quality as everyone else.

                  their support department, however, is worlds above everyone else.

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                    #10
                    Good'ol Mushkin. I have no idea how they are these days. Last time I used their RAM was PC-133 SDRAM back in 1999/2000. They were excellent.

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                      #11
                      Not entirely stable when overclocked. Best bang for the buck? Absolutely.

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                        #12
                        Good ram but I felt it was over priced...at least back in the day.
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by demo View Post
                          They used to be pretty good, probably still are.
                          They are excellent. I bought some DDR redline ram directly from them a while back and had an issue. Sent the ram back, spoke with one of the managers and he let me speak to the tech stress testing the ram while I was on the phone. A couple days later I received the ram they tested and hadn't had any issues since then. They have good customer support.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by bittermann View Post
                            Good ram but I felt it was over priced...at least back in the day.
                            New tech ram is always overpriced when it first comes out. Back in 2009 I paid $110 for 6GBs of 1600Mhz ram. Today that same amount is about $30.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Zero View Post
                              Used Mushkin plenty of times, never had an issue.
                              same here

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                                #16
                                RAM is more or less a commodity anymore.
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                                  #17
                                  That'll change in 2014/2015 when DDR4 becomes the new platform standard. Then whoosh, back up go the prices.

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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Qb2k5 View Post
                                    New tech ram is always overpriced when it first comes out. Back in 2009 I paid $110 for 6GBs of 1600Mhz ram. Today that same amount is about $30.
                                    WAT? Mushkin has always charged a premium for their memory, new tech or not. It was good ram but wasn't worth the price premium in my opinion.
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                                      #19
                                      If you contact Mushkin support you will get a support rep employed by their company, that knows their products, cares about their job, and speaks English as their first language.

                                      I once ordered some of their memory off of Newegg that was the correct memory according to the label, but had the wrong type of heatspreader on it. This was an aesthetic difference only, the heatspreader I got wasn't any more of less effective, just a bit of a cooler looking design IMHO. I figured I wouldn't bother with an RMA for such minor thing, and the memory was working great, so I left a 5 star review, but mentioned that I got the wrong heatspreader.

                                      Someone from Mushkin read my review, and contacted me saying they were aware a few sticks went out out with the wrong heatspreader. They wanted to get me the correct product so they shipped the replacement sticks without even waiting to receive the old ones first, along with a free T-shirt.

                                      First and only time a company has actually pro-actively sought me out to correct an issue that didn't even bother me.

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                                      As far as the actual quality hardware, I imagine they're sourced from the same 3 or 4 electronics foundries that every other company uses, like every other piece of PC hardware. Probably some good sticks and some bad ones like everyone else. Quality of support is the distinguisher, not the product.
                                      Last edited by Sweetz; Apr 4, 2012, 11:40 AM.

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                                        #20
                                        ^Cool, that's really a mark of distinction there.

                                        Night and day difference from my dealings with OCZ, which is like pulling teeth to get anywhere.
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                                        please refrain from telling other forum members to "Go eat a buffet of dicks." in the future.

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                                          #21
                                          Looks like it will be Mushkin



                                          It's like unicorns vomiting chocolate rainbows all over me as I float through a lollipop garden on a magic carpet.

                                          "Yes, but God has the right to get away with anything. Shoot animals, make ugly women, allow the existence of religious nuts, and watch liederhosen-wearing midget poodle-licking pornography. God's a sick bastard." - OzzieBloke

                                          Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes. ;-)

                                          God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

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