I am the original poster of this thread. Thanks to all who replied to
my questions.
In case anyone cares,
(1) Crucial.com lists memory for the HP Pavillion a6600z for $23 for 2
GB card;
(2) datamem.com does not sell memory for HP a6600z;
(3) haven't looked at OtherWorld yet;
(4) after investigation, it seems to me that a mixed 2 GB plus 1 GB
card is possible (this configuration was offered on the HP desktop for
$50 more than the basic 1 GB + 1 GB that I bought) but that DDRAM
transfer will be disabled: matched cards must be used for DDRAM so that
4 GB matched pair cost $46 from crucial. (By DDRAM, I mean memory write
on both up & down pulse so that data transfer is slower.) Therefore, I
will keep existing 2 GB total memory until daughter complains, if ever.
(5) BTW, the need for additional memory is for video processing but the
HP computer came without the necessary IEEE 1394 socket, so I have
bought an add-on card that claims to work with Vista 64 bits. Came
today, not installed yet so still hoping.
db wrote:
As someone who installed hundreds of sticks of memory / year for
years, it was my experience that there is different levels of quality
of memory and you pay for the difference... but not much in the case
of Crucial since it is the retail arm of Micron one of the largest
mem manufacturers in the world ... and they run a high volume / low
price market model of business with no middle man markup.
And the same quality issue is involved as with all computer parts and
as with most things. You can manufacture things of better quality or
worse ... or to put it another way ... things coming off the line test
out at different levels of capacity. And not much is thrown away.
Thus the term... "3rd drawer".
Items that test out at sub par standards, are "3rd drawer" and are
usually sold thru non premium discount channels.
Crucial sells only "first drawer" and in my experience their memory's
performance and failure rate easily attests to that. I imagine Micron
sells it 3rd drawer productn unbranded or rebranded thru external
channels
Problems with an under performing memory stick are a real illusive
pain in the butt. Why subject yourself to raised possibility of such
for pennies savings or no savings at all?
Crucial is one of those companies that should be winning awards for
doing great "win-win" business for a long time... a somewhat rare
commodity. I really enjoy buying their product and supporting them.
Cheap prices, great product, great support, FAST delivery... what's
not to like?
db
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Tom will tell you they are more expensive, but when I check, crucial
beats
datamem's prices.
When I checked, Crucial's prices they were high, sometimes very high.
I think it is silly to overpay when there is no difference in the
product. For years Crucial has claimed "special sauce" and I think
that was false. If they have changed their ways there is no reason to
not buy from them. You could do worse, like buying memory from Apple
or Dell.
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