Corsair Value Select memory - 512 MB - DIMM 184-PIN - DDR

This review is a little brief, but you can't write too much about a little stick of RAM! No, really you can't. Even though I had a computer with 1GB of memory I decided I wanted even more from my computer, so I bought this! 512MB is the average amount of RAM a newish computer has, but it really isn't a lot in the long term. But saying I was only upgrading extra! I never went into a computer before, as I was a software person myself. So I was obviously scared, in case I broke anything. So I spent about ten minutes researching, I thought it would take hours but I was amazed at the simplicity ... more

Increasing the memory in your PC is the most cost effective way to increase performance. This value product from Corsair is perfect for most users, the only times its not recommended for are servers that are on 24/7 and overclocking. I've never used value memory for overclocking, so couldn't comment, but I have used value select memory in a desktop that is left running for days at a time and never seen any problems. This memory is very robust, I've never had a chip fail. Memory is also probably the simplest thing to upgrade inside a computer, it takes only a couple of minutes to insert the ... more

I've built quite a few computers from components and keep my own upgraded and corsair memory is the brand I've most often used. Put simply its one of the cheapest and in my experiance delivers equal reliability and performance to other brands. I've only dealt with home computers however - I'm not sure how it performs in servers. In home computers though I've never known a chip fail. If you are building a server you intend to be on 24/7 though then you might want to consider their "ultra-stable" server memory, and if your into overclocking then their XMS might be better, but I have little first ... more