Is Mushkin Ram good?

[Thumpe25r]

I have a Dell Inspiron 5675 that has a Ryzen 7 1700x , 8gb ddr4 2400 ram and a gtx 1060 6gb card.
I would like to upgrade the ram to 16gb. Newegg has https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820226836 on sale and I was wondering if this brand of ram was any good?

 

[bitwright]

I've used Mushkin before and didn't have any problems with them. This was back in the day though, so I'm sure if their quality has changed. Those sticks you linked have good reviews on New Egg, so it might be worth pulling the trigger.

If you're still not sure, these Crucial sticks are only 5 bucks more:
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148859

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Mushkin Redline is the brand / model line most sought after by competitive overclockers. As such they are oft very difficult to obtain and usually sell out as soon as they arrive at online vendors. I don't even look at other options unless Mushkin Redline is not available at a reasonable price. With DDR3, competitive overclockers were driving them up to 1.94 volts w/o issue.

But like every other PC component, brand name alone is a useless barometer of quality and performance as everyone in the game has model lines targeted and various price / performance / quality niches. As far as Redline goes, if the price is right, no need to look any further.

Of course, you should always look at the speed and timings and see what the competition has to offer in that price range. If looking to push RAM well beyond its rated speed, Redline is a great place to start but do your homework and make sure that that model lives up to the Redline reputation. No vendor is beyond considering trying to pawn off an "average product" and hoping to collect a price premium based upon brand / model line recognition.

 

[superninja12]

mushkin can deliver the highest grade of ram.

something kingston corsair can not.

 

[R_1]

noticing no one actually answered simply. Yes it is good RAM.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

well... its no so much whose logo is on the heat sink, but the memory modules used on the stick. Here's an example...

With in the earlier days of DDR3-2400 .... Corsair Dominator, Corsair Vengeance Pro and Mushkin Redline all used the same Hynix modules and each delivered 10-12-12-28 timings ... as should be expected when they are all essentially identical using the exact same OEM part numbers. As time went on, the VPs (version 4.51 IIRC) dropped Hynix and went to a lower cost supplier. As a result the timings dropped to 10-12-12-31. Some time later, the Dominators also switched again had the same 10-12-12-31 timings. If you had 2 x 4 GB of the old VPs / Dominators, ya best upgrade path going to 4 x 4 GB was to match the old Corsairs with new Redlines as "underneath" they all had the same memory modules.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

noticing no one actually answered simply. Yes it is good RAM.

That's because the question as stated can not be answered simply. Might was well ask "is Corsair PSU good ?"

Corsair HX 850 was a superb PSU
Corsair HX 1050 was better than average
Corsair CXM is 'good for the money"
Corsair CX should be avoided
Corsair VS is not good at all

I would rank Mushkin Redline, as a whole over the last 2 decades, the best model line available. However certain Mushkin Redline models over the years have been disappointing and not truly deserving of the Redline moniker.

The Mushkin Redline Ridgeback 16GB DDR4-3200 C20 for example carried a high price and did not compete well against equally priced competition in both timings and performance

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mushkin-redline-ridgeback-ddr4-3200-c20-16gb-memory,4973-2.html