Is Patriot ram any good?

Newegg is sold out of Corsair XMS2 and I was either going to go with Crucial Ballistix($289) or Patriot eXtreme($239 MIR).

You could go with Kingston Hyper X perormance memory as well. Patriot is simply a new name for an older brand. Simply scroll down the list at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tk=&srchInDesc= for the pairs of 2gb kits seen there.

I have a pair of Patriot Signature DDR2-667 RAM, which I got for $207 for 2GB, works like a charm.

what was the old company??? i really don't see anything wrong with Patriot ram



Not to steal your thread but is Patriot better then G.SKILL???

Some have been looking at G.Skill for the faster timings on that brand. The discussion on Patriot on one thread brought up the actual name of the company that used to sell under another. If I'm not mistaken Cromewell was the one to ask about the company itself. But that company has apparently been around for several years already. Marketing is the main reason for the new Patriot name seen now.

i like patriot. its a good company.

im using some right now, ddr2-667 4-4-4-12 kit, runs at ddr2 800 4-4-4-12 easily... at 1.8V



havent tried past that though.

I relocated the manufacturer for Patriot at PDP Systems. http://www.pdpsys.com/ It wasn't G.Skills so much as GEIL that I hear complaints on. The good names adding Patriot to the list are Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, OCZ, Mushkin along few others. The list isn't that large to keep that in mind. When you go to the board manufacturer's product often you will see a list of brands that have been tested and advertused as the ones to go with.

The brand names mentioned here are all on the list of brands recommended at their specifications page on the nForce 680i model boards seen at http://www.evga.com/community/messag...TOPIC_ID=21137

Ive had bad experiences with patriot memory. I bought one set of 1gb (2x512) and the first worked great. Eventually bought another (of the exact same set...used the model number) and it came in and my computer wouldn't start. Took it out and it worked fine. RMAd it and i got a new set. That too was blown. This time it just freezing up the computer every couple hours. (i checked everything...If you want to try and tell me it was my fault they didnt work be of the specs then by all means take a look at the signature and prove urself wrong)



In any case ive decided to give patriot another chance and i just bought a set of 2gb (2x1gb) sticks. If this works then ill scrap previous experiences as bad luck. If it dosent work then consider im not using them again.



I get my new parts on Friday so wish me luck