I hate Patriot RAM

[LUZR4LIFE]

I bought Patriot Viper II 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1066. After 2 weeks I had 1 sticks heat spread keep falling off, after about 2 months the other stick died. I sent the dead stick out and got a replacement in around 2 weeks (that's after they got it). I sent the other stick (with the bad heat sink) out around 2 weeks ago, and yet have not got a email with the tracking number for that replacement. Mean while, this replacement (2 weeks old) is bad. I will get a BSOD when I have it set for 1066. It works fine and passes MemTest on 800, but fails on 1066.

OK, I just wanted to give people a heads up. I am sure it's just my luck. These are the only rams I have had go bad on me.

Edited January 24, 2010 by LUZR4LIFE

[NIM]

Yeah, I would always choose Corsair memory and PSU.

[HJW]

CPU > Intel

MEM > Corsair, Kingston, OCZ,

MAINBOARD > ASUS, GIGABYTE

PSU > Corsair, CoolerMaster, OCZ

GFX > NVidia

HDD > Seagate, WD, Hitachi

Cooling> CoolerMaster, Zalman

Input > Logitech

[ccl0]

have you updated the bios on your motherboard?

[LUZR4LIFE]

After 2 weeks they still have no located the RAM which was in a prepaid envelope from them but, they are finally going to send me my replacement stick. I asked for a free 2G stick for the inconvenience but they said they couldn't. LOL

[Mr_Smartepants]

CPU > Intel

MEM > Corsair, Kingston, OCZ,

MAINBOARD > ASUS, GIGABYTE

PSU > Corsair, CoolerMaster, OCZ

GFX > NVidia

HDD > Seagate, WD, Hitachi

Cooling> CoolerMaster, Zalman

Input > Logitech

Personally, I'd remove OCZ from the list and add Crucial for RAM and Seasonic for PSU. Seasonic is a major OEM and supplier, the others just rebrand their work.

Good luck on the replacement RAM when it shows. Make sure the BIOS timings match the RAM, don't rely on the SPD readings.

And run memtest86 before allowing the system to boot to Windows.

Edited January 27, 2010 by Mr_Smartepants

[LUZR4LIFE]

Personally, I'd remove OCZ from the list and add Crucial for RAM and Seasonic for PSU. Seasonic is a major OEM and supplier, the others just rebrand their work.

Good luck on the replacement RAM when it shows. Make sure the BIOS timings match the RAM, don't rely on the SPD readings.

And run memtest86 before allowing the system to boot to Windows.

The timing is off unfortunately (5-7-7-18) it's advertised at 5-5-5-15. It seems like a lot of people are having issues to get this running at 1066. So all I can say is that I bought a 800 with good OC ability. LOL. Right now I am at 3.510 (from 3.0) and RAM is at 468.1. I haven't gone higher yet. the max for my CPU is 540. Next time I will stay away from the "good deals" LOL

[LUZR4LIFE]

I finally got my RAM in today. :thumbsup_anim: