Kingston Hyper-X Genesis Dual DDR3 Ram

[Heaven]

Is Kingston Hpyer x genesis dual DDR3 ram good for gaming?...

I have had mixed reviews from friends who play alot of pc games and most of them are bad... Is this true?

[Goku]

RAM isn't anything special. You are not going to notice a difference between best name brand X running at 1333MHz verse bottom of the mill brand Z in terms of actual gaming performance. You likely will not even notice the difference between 1333MHz and 2133MHz for example. Really comes down to what brand has the best warranty, customer support, and price in my opinion. Don't fall into the gimmick gaming ram that costs $40 more then a regular kit. I tend to stick with GSKill, Corsair, and have always heard good things about Mushkin.

[Heaven]

Okay thanks for that info mate, that cleared it up a bit better for me :). Thanks

[Goku]

Glad to be of help.

[Electrofreak]

Memory chips are rarely made by the company that sells the memory module. They're made by chipmaker companies like Samsung or Toshiba, and often by no-name companies you've never heard of.

Better chips tend to clock higher, worse chips clock lower. Higher-end manufacturers tend to produce more of the former and less of the latter. There's always some chips in the manufacturing process that fall short of their full potential and get downclocked.

But the reality is, when you buy a memory module, it's been tested to be able to operate at the defined speed. If you're into overclocking your CPUs and memory, you might want to get some of the higher-end stuff, as it tends to contain those chips that will be able to overclock better. Otherwise, it's all pretty much the same. If you go absolute bottom of the barrel, you will see some slightly lower performance and potentially shorter memory module lifespan, but in general it's not a problem.

Kingston memory isn't bad at all. My original PS gaming rig (http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=25759) had Kingston modules in it because they contained some higher-end memory chips that had been downclocked due to them running out of the lower-end chips. As a result, they overclocked like a beast! I still have them lying around somewhere, and last I checked they were still working fine.