Really Cheap 1gb Sticks should I avoid it?

[lorthus]

I'm building a new system but I don't want to go nuts, so I was looking through ebay and they have tons of 1gb ticks for under $50 (shippped)

http://cgi.ebay.com/1024MB-1GB-DDR-PC3200-400Mhz-1024-MB-1-GB-DDR-PC-3200_W0QQitemZ6873094321QQcategoryZ74942QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

thats just an example...
I could get 2GB out of those sticks for less than $100.00 which sounds pretty good to me considering I don't plan overclocking
Let me know what you guys think

 

[wmalinowski]

I personally would not buy because I have no idea who made the memory. If it is cheap memory made by cheap company, it will most likely end with BSOD. I had cheap memory before, and trust me, was not fun deal with.

 

[chuckshissle]

Your better off buying Corsair value select ram at newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145579

I have used a Corsair value ram and it was very stable at normal settings and was even able overclock it.

 

[lorthus]

Well that seller ONLY sells cheap ram, and he has almost 4000 Positive feedbacks with 99.2% positive feedbacks out of over 4000 feedbacks, to me it looks beter than any other memory brand I've ever seen.
I guess I'm going to try atleast 1gb of it, maybe Im going to lose $55 or I might ending up saving $55, considering I can get 4GB of ram for a little over $200, that would cost over $300 with a brand name.

 

[WINDSHEAR]

you can find fairly cheap brand name sticks on ebay too, just look for them. I personally go for high quality stuff, but less expensive stuff is probably ok. But remember what wusy said, if you're getting this RAM for a P4, you'll be ok, if it's for an A64, no way, it won't work.