'Branded' does not imply inferior so I don't think 'Branded' should be included in this. I think you need to make a manual inspection of your Ram before you decide if it's Value or brandedĬlick to expand.I don't think that part of your statement is fair. If I ever build a system using Value RAM I will buy ALL of the RAM I intend to have working on that system at the same time from the same supplier, and on purchase I am prepared for it to not work at all or to possibly produce errors when the Operating system is installed.

This means same spec Value RAM bought 6 months apart will most likely vary in component quality and therefore produce different results performing differently and causing errors. The second problem is that Value RAM is very inconsistent in build quality where components are varying dependent on the cost of metals at the time it was manufactured. The first is that it's very unlikely it will respond well under extreme stress such as high temperature conditions and overclocking. Value RAM is either Branded RAM that has failed the tolerance tests or it has been specifically built to order using the cheapest components available at the time, this creates two problems in it's use.

The reason I say this becomes more obvious when you understand what Value RAM means. If it gives no problems then Value RAM performs just as well as Branded RAM.Īs an end user I would recommend it is always better to buy Branded RAM whenever possible, especially if your experiencing issues with Value RAM on your motherboard. Value RAM is often used by large manufacturers in order to keep their build costs down and will normally be very difficult if not impossible to match to in the future of the systems life. It's important to know quite what Value Ram is so heres an explanation I have written in my own Ram guide notes.

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