OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P10664GK

Pros: looks nice

Cons: nothing but garbage the first chip was fine but the second one was garbage and wouldn't work at all.

Manufacturer Response:

We apologize for the difficulties. Please RMA your damaged drive with Newegg for a quick replacement. We are confident that your new drive will work out fine for you. Thank you

Pros: worked good , fast , didn't heat too much

Cons: system was acting up, reinstalled windows couple times, suspected a virus , bad HDD... but wasn't.
In the end discovered one ram was faulty.

Other Thoughts: It's 3 years since I brought this rams, didn't used comp alot.That faulty ram gived me alot headache
Is lifetime warranty and I'll try RMA

Pros: it runs as advertised, good looking chips, ocz trusted brand

Cons: nonez they are perfect

Other Thoughts: I only bought 2 sticks now I wish I would've gotten 4, they don't even have them any more

Pros: worked good when it worked

Cons: Horrible tech support, caused 100's of system crashes. Worked good for about a month called tech support My problem my PC so after being hung up on by them I went got my Kingston Hyper x been running it for 6 months never had one issue. I will never buy OCZ product again, I have bought many buy never again.

Pros: Good for the price. I've used OCZ a lot in the past and their products are good. Fast RAM.

Cons: For some reason, my Gigabyte board didn't detect that they needed 2.1V instead of the 1.8V it used as standard. Yes, that's Gigabyte's fault most likely, but the memory didn't even complain, it just trucked along--blue screening Windows 7 all the way.

Other Thoughts: I contacted customer support about an RMA when I couldn't get the computer to stop blue screening. The technician did a great job of having me try basically EVERYTHING before even getting to the RMA. Finally, after nothing seemed to work, he tells me that OCZ doesn't make DDR2 anymore, and even though my product as a limited LIFETIME warranty, they don't have any DDR2 to replace mine with, but they'd be happy to give me an inferior single-channel stick as a replacement. Gee, I thought "lifetime" warranty meant MY lifetime, not the lifetime OCZ gives to it's product line. I finally found the voltage issue, and the ram seems to be working fine now, but I'd hate to be in the situation where the ram was actually defective, because I'd be given the choice of living with defective RAM, or getting a lower-quality product for my money.

Pros: They seemed nice when i bought them, had nice heatsinks, etc

Cons: I bought 2 4GB (2GB x 2) Packs and of the four sticks of memory, 2 were DOA. Just proves that I should have stuck with Corsair .

Manufacturer Response:

Hello, we are sorry that you are having difficulties. We will be happy to assist you with troubleshooting and settings on our support forums at the link below. Thank you

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Pros: AWESOME DDR2, nice looking heat sinks, worked very well with my Phenom quad core setup. I would recommend OCZ to anyone. No longer using this ram because I upgraded to a DDR3 board with SLi.

Cons: none, this was great stuff.

Pros: great price, great quality

Cons: none so far (knocks on wood)

Pros: It works

Cons: .

Other Thoughts: This memory works, but I knew well that it would not be without adjusting some settings.

I had to increase the following voltages: memory to 2.1v and the memory controller voltage to 1.65v from 1.5v. The memory timings could not be set to SPD, I had to set them manually to 5-5-5-18 with a DRAM Write Recovery Time of 6. This memory can also run stable at 5-5-5-15. Other than adjusting voltages I believe the DRAM Write Recovery Time was causing boot issues because it was too low when setting the timings to SPD instead of manually.

Another thing I recommend is COOLING the RAM. It has heat spreaders but you still need adequate cooling to help take heat away & cool down the RAM. This RAM gets HOT as I'm sure others do.

Bottom line I haven't experienced any issues with it properly configured.

Pentium D EE 965 @ 4Ghz
ASUS P5WD2-E Premium

Pros: Memory worked great I originally ordered 2x2GB (4GB) sticks ran at 1066mhz had to manually set the timings.

Cons: Than I ordered another set 2x2GB *total 8 gigs* and they will only 800mhz, 1066mhz will not run at all. See other thoughts for OCZ's response.

Other Thoughts: My ASUS M4N78 Pro supports 16gigs DDR2 800,1066,1200 OC, why the cards don't place nice together I have no idea.

I've contacted ASUS they confirmed my bios settings were correct. I fallowed up by contacted OCZ they said my motherboard might not support 8gigs of memory and wouldn't respond to any other e-mails I sent regarding my detailed analysis of the memory all settings, all information needed. I'm pretty solid on buying from a different company next time around.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello, we are sorry that you are having difficulties. When running 2 kits of memory (for 8gb), your memory controller is put under much more stress than when running one 4gb kit. This has nothing to do with the memory itself. Adding more voltage to your CPU or chipset may help, as the increased voltage can often overcome the added stress. This could lead to overheating, so caution must be used. Our support staff does view or use regular email. If you opened a support ticket, you must follow the response link sent to you, and use that interface to communicate with our staff. We also have support forums at the link below that can be of assistance to you.
Thank you

External Link(s):

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