Memory from OWC

[combatfisher]

Did anyone have any problems with their memory from OWC (Macsales) ?

I purchased 32 GB of RAM from them...it worked well for about 1 year...then about every 2 months I was having memory errors on my computer. I replaced my Mac Pro riser boards and still continued to have problems. It was starting to get expensive because I had to keep shipping it back to them overseas...then wait for about 1 month...then it would happen again.

I ended up with 6-7 RMA's before I finally got fed up with the whole process and purchased another 32 GB from another company (so far so good)

 

[gpzjock]

I bought 2 sets of 8 GB (4 x 2 gb) over the last 3 years to give me 16 GB. The first set failed about a year later and was replaced, the 2nd failed 6 months later and were replaced too. Considering the high temperatures MP '08 RAM runs at I am happy to replace for free on their lifetime warranty. I only pay delivery and the Sales Tax for importing to the UK and can claim the duty back on proof of RMA.

 

[DarwinOSX]

I've had issues with OWC replacing defective ram out of the box. They acted as if I was either lying or didn't know what i was talking about. The same thing happened to a friend of mine. I won't buy ram or anything else from them after this.

 

[Garamond]

I was surprised to see such negative feedbacks about OWC, since I never had any problems - and find their support to be stellar.

 

[handheldgames]

I was surprised to see such negative feedbacks about OWC, since I never had any problems - and find their support to be stellar.

After 1.5 years, I had a 2gb stick fail. They replaced the pair, but did not send a matching pair. One of the sticks matched and I was good to go. When I called, they were shocked the macpro didn't like non matching pairs. Guess their tech support needs tech support.

 

[blunti]

so which brand/company would you guys suggest for rams?

 

[philipma1957]

in no particular order

crucial/micron
samsung
hynix

for sellers

newegg

superbiiz has a house brand supertalent if it has samsung or hynix or micron chips it is fine.

provantage

If you are an overseas buyer find a good seller in your country that handles hynix, samsung or micron/crucial ram. My success rate on the previous sticks is about
198 for 200.

 

[blunti]

in no particular order

crucial/micron
samsung
hynix

for sellers

newegg

superbiiz has a house brand supertalent if it has samsung or hynix or micron chips it is fine.

provantage

If you are an overseas buyer find a good seller in your country that handles hynix, samsung or micron/crucial ram. My success rate on the previous sticks is about
198 for 200.

Thanks for the quick reply.
I'm moving back to the States next month (so yea, I am overseas currently) and selling my 8 core here next week.
Probably getting the 12 core since I cannot wait for the upgrade because of my work.

Looking for triple-channel for the 12 core, what do you think about this :

http://www.provantage.com/kingston-technology-ktd-pe313k3-24g~7KIN9100.htm

Price looks good compared to owc. Not sure where the catch is.

thanks


ps:

Compatibility Dell-PowerEdge Server:

M610
M710
R610
R710
T610

Dell-Precision Workstation:

T5500
T7500

this is what the website says regarding these modules.

 

[philipma1957]

https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.ph...-DDR3-1333-8GB-ECC-REG-Original-Server-Memory


I might consider these instead .

I have 4 of them in a 2010 hex 3.33.

They are good so far. here is a thumbnail of my order.

 

[blunti]

thanks for the quick reply.

I might consider these also. How come you're using them in pair in your hex?
I mean why not use 3 for triple-channel?

 

[RebootD]

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with OWC. I've purchased RAM, hard drives, enclosures etc and never had an issue.

 

[philipma1957]

my hex is a single cpu 6 core
so I used 4 sticks for a total of 32gb. my machine has 4 slots.


in your case you need six sticks you are a dual cpu 12 core

 

[blunti]

my hex is a single cpu 6 core
so I used 4 sticks for a total of 32gb. my machine has 4 slots.


in your case you need six sticks you are a dual cpu 12 core

Ahhh right. I saw your topic about the upgrade. nice job

I thought 8x3 would do the job perfectly? I mean it's how my current octo is working... ?

 

[philipma1957]

the price was so good on the sticks I grabbed a fourth one. In your case 6 sticks should be just fine.

 

[blunti]

right but I mean that in my case 8gigsx3 should be just as good as 8gigsx6
(im not talking about the amount, just the triple-channel thingy)