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    Crucial VS Corsair for Lenovo Laptops

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BNHabs, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. BNHabs

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    State your opinions, which is better, which do you have experience with?
     
    BNHabs, Sep 18, 2008
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    In terms of the value ram, absolutely no difference. They all use the same memory chips more or less.

    I am biased towards Crucial though.
     
    sp00n, Sep 18, 2008
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    What do you mean by "biased". Will Crucial give me an errors on my Lenovo or it's stable. (I don't overclock, I just put in RAM and I am finished).
     
    BNHabs, Sep 18, 2008
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  4. BNHabs

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    What is the most reliable stable RAM out there in your opinion?
     
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  5. sgogeta4

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    They're all the same. They get memory from same manufacturer I believe.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 18, 2008
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  6. jaredy

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    Crucial makes their own ram from their parent company. Corsair gets theirs from manufactures such as crucial's parent company...doesn't really matter. Both are fine companies. Both have lifetime warranties. I personally think Corsair is easier to deal with though regarding RMAs.
     
    jaredy, Sep 18, 2008
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    I have upgraded 4 retired IBM Thinkpads, my current Lenovo ThinkPad and my Sony Viao Desktop with SimpleTech premium memory and never had an issue with any of them. Once installed, the memory was recognized upon boot-up and has worked great. But I agree, value memory is all pretty much the same. Look on eBay -- you can usually find memory 20%-25% less than at other discount websites.
     
    abbjr, Sep 18, 2008
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  8. BNHabs

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    Bump... Any other opinions?
     
    BNHabs, Sep 19, 2008
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  9. jaredy

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    Do you really need more? This is not really that big of a deal. Go by whatever is cheaper :p.
     
    jaredy, Sep 19, 2008
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  10. BNHabs

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    I am doing this for fun and comparison... It's just for fun and for peoples opinions...
     
    BNHabs, Sep 19, 2008
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  11. batman5315

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    4gb corsair value select, cheap and no problems.
     
    batman5315, Sep 19, 2008
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  12. JwY

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    I have Corsair, but I think the difference in this case between these two is negligible.
     
    JwY, Sep 20, 2008
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  13. EzTargut

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    corsair! but crucial will work if its cheaper.
     
    EzTargut, Sep 20, 2008
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