Crucial vs Qimonda RAM

[lPHONE]

Anybody ever hear of "Qimonda" RAM?
Is it any good for Mac?
Would I notice a difference between Crucial and Qimonda?

 

[raep]

I wouldn't risk it id say go for the Crucial or if not then OWC.
Those are the only two brands I trust

 

[BigMoo]

OWC is well liked and a highly respected brand on here.

 

[NickZac]

Crucial all the way baby! Don't bother with the mumbojumbo RAM. Don't pay much over $100 for Crucial RAM as you can get it for under $100 shipped most of the time. Oddly, some places charge $1,000 for the exact same product so it will initially look confusing. Quite a profit margin though

 

[deeddawg]

They key thing with RAM is (a) does it work when you get it, and (b) does it come with a lifetime warranty from a company that will be around if should have a problem two or three years down the road.

With Crucial, I have no question that both will be true; and if I were to get a bad stick, they'd make it right very quickly.

I've never heard of "Qimonda", so unless you're outside the US and this company is a well known company with a long history of good service, I would stay away.

 

[davidmartindale]

I wouldn't risk it id say go for the Crucial or if not then OWC.
Those are the only two brands I trust

I would use Cruicial too, its my favorite. But can you use Crucial DDR3 so-dimm made for a PC instead of for a Mac. Are there any real differences.

 

[grahamnp]

I haven't heard of Qimonda branded DIMMs but Qimonda is what you will find on the older desktop versions of ATI and NVidia GPUs if you open them up.

I've only heard good things about Crucial but I buy Kingston and Corsair because Crucial has no retail presence out here. No problems with either.

They're German btw, and I think they filed for bankruptcy a few years back.

 

[squeakr]

They were owned by Micron and originally part of them then spun off for tax reasons, so they are good stuff, just no real reputation.