8gb DDR2 Ram Sticks LEGIT?? 6gb? Komputerbay, E-Buy World...

[SiX Kay]

Hey you helpful people that I love so much. I've finally made a profile to thank and ask you guys for help since you've helped me so much in the past years lol.

Well Im just trying to get my PC to a low spec gaming level and really want 8gb so I wont need to buy when I upgrade my Mobo and CPU.. just bought the GT 730 and i feel like more ram will allow more performance even with my garbage CPU ..

QUESTION: Are there any REAL [2x4GB] 8gb DDR2 Ram Sticks? or [2x3GB] 6gb?
Is Komputerbay or e-Buy World legit?? Reliable?

My Setup: AsRock A785GM-LE [Supports 8gb Ram But has only 2 DIMM Slots]
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ [OC'd to 3.1GHz]
MSI GeForce Gt 730 4GB VRAM 128bit
DRAM: 2x2gb *Currently
Windows 10 Pro

 

[Emerald]

I have never seen a 3GB memory stick.

make sure the memory is compatible with the motherboard.

 

[SiX Kay]

I have never seen a 3GB memory stick.

make sure the memory is compatible with the motherboard.

When you say compatible you mean as in AMD/Intel? MHz? ??

Also was thinking about mixing a 4gb with a 2gb Ram stick and then overclocking or underclocking to match

I see a lot of advertised DDR2 4GBx2 combos for outrageous prices and then i find some for very low mostly stating that it is ONLY compatible with either AMD or Intel.

I'd like to know if I should buy one of these products I mean they do refund and have warranty I just dont wanna waste my time

 

[jossrik]

4Gb sticks of DDR2 are at the high end of what they made, so consequently, there aren't a whole lot out there. If you can get them at a good price, and are warrantied/offering refunds, and you're using visa/mastercard/any large credit bank/card, you should be all right ordering them, if you don't get them, dispute first with the seller, then with your card issuer. As for AMD/Intel memory, doesn't happen. DDR2 is DDR2, it may be fast or slow, or odd numbers of memory cells or ECC (Server) or Buffered (Server), but in general, there's no RAM that's guaranteed to only work on one brand of CPU that wouldn't work on the other brand asking for the same specs, as far as I know. There might be some out there, but in general, there are only a handful of memory makers (the chips, which are then sold to manufacturers to make the sticks of RAM, there are a lot of manufacturers, but only a few fabrication places). There was another type of RAM quite a few years ago, but that was specific to I think Dell... I don't remember the name of it, but that was motherboard specific, not CPU, and that was vendor, that RAM died out I think, every couple years they come up with something nice, but by the time it gets to manufacturing it's slow again... Something like that.

 

[SiX Kay]

4Gb sticks of DDR2 are at the high end of what they made, so consequently, there aren't a whole lot out there. If you can get them at a good price, and are warrantied/offering refunds, and you're using visa/mastercard/any large credit bank/card, you should be all right ordering them, if you don't get them, dispute first with the seller, then with your card issuer. As for AMD/Intel memory, doesn't happen. DDR2 is DDR2, it may be fast or slow, or odd numbers of memory cells or ECC (Server) or Buffered (Server), but in general, there's no RAM that's guaranteed to only work on one brand of CPU that wouldn't work on the other brand asking for the same specs, as far as I know. There might be some out there, but in general, there are only a handful of memory makers (the chips, which are then sold to manufacturers to make the sticks of RAM, there are a lot of manufacturers, but only a few fabrication places). There was another type of RAM quite a few years ago, but that was specific to I think Dell... I don't remember the name of it, but that was motherboard specific, not CPU, and that was vendor, that RAM died out I think, every couple years they come up with something nice, but by the time it gets to manufacturing it's slow again... Something like that.

I've been shopping around and notice that most products stating the the specific compatibility AMd only.. etc.. are cheaper and mostlikely a weird brand
The universal DIMMs like the one i found on Crucial memory site is fkn over $200!!

I think i'm going to go with China made product on ebay 16 bucks is much better and i dont mind wasting that if it happens to fail me.. lol


Thanks alot guys.