RAM Modules - which one do you have?
mceykes opened this issue · 2 comments
Hey, does anyone use different memory cards than @bavariancake outlined? 16GBs per Card (SK Hynix HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK) are currently 100€ in Germany, whereas a Crucial 32 Kit (2x16 GB - CT2K16G4SFD8266)for example is only 135€ right now. I am thinking of trying this one out. Have you guys tried different ones as well and how did it go for you?
Cheers
I'd suggest buying memory only from the manufacturers of the chips, and there are only three RAM manufacturers in the world (for regular computer memory): Micron (sold as Crucial), Samsung, and SK Hynix. Anyone else is just going to buy chips from those three and assemble them into a module, so you might as well buy it from the source that knows its own chips.
In your case @mceykes, I would buy the Crucial modules - I've never had a problem with them, and they're usually not cheaper!
After installing new modules, I suggest running memtest86 (the free version) for about 48 hours. You will save yourself a ton of time debugging an unreliable system, just to find out it's the RAM.
@bavariancake thank you for clearing that up. So I will follow your advice and get the Crucial modules. Also thanks for the advice with memtest86 - I will run that. Thanks for all the good work you share with us! Cheers