Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (6210 mails)

[Stan Glasoe <srglasoe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 10 October 2005 9:10 pm, Carl Hartung wrote:
> On Monday 10 October 2005 20:28, Gil Weber wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > 	Now I have to shop. Do you folks have recommendations... ?
>
> Hi Gil,
>
> Sorry for the delay. I just got back in. The best approach is to go back
> to the motherboard manufacturer and ask, or research their website to
> find, which memory suppliers and products have been "certified" or at
> least extensively tested at the factory and are known to work with that
> board. That way, you are tapping into the in-house engineering talent and
> specific product knowledge behind the board.

< snip a ton of great advice > That is really hard to do.

> Good luck!
>
> - Carl

Ditto what Carl says. Lifetime warranty beats 2-3 year any day. I used 
Crucial as an example and it is a decent recommendation. Corsair is good 
also. As Carl says make sure you are comparing DIMMs with the exact same 
specs when price shopping between manufacturers. 

Stan