G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBNT

Pros: It works right out of the package no tweeking or adjusting of anything required. It is Gskill and that says it is a quality memory product. It is about the fastest DDR2 still available and the size makes is a good value for the money over buying two seperate 1Gb sticks. The timings are very good as well at 5-5-5-15 most others DDR2 800 are timed at 6 or higher.

Cons: It didn't come with a case badge. Also no heat spreader but hey it is the value level of their RAM

Overall Review: I bought this stick to add into an older machine to give it a fw months more life. The memory that I already have in there is Gskill DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 (2 1Gb sticks). This slotted right in and the timing of the older memory matched up to it with no difficulty because the timings were identical. It makes my machine perform like it did a few years ago and for under 30 bucks. The 1066 that was in the machine when I originally built it has never given me any issues and it is now approx. 6 1/2 years old. Not only does Gskill make high quality RAM they make it to last as long as you can keep the platform it is installed in working.

Every machine I have rebuilt for family and friends now runs Gskill RAM exclusively and I have never had any issues with their RAM. I know it is always possible to get a bad stick occasionaly but so far I haven't gotten one from Gskill.

Also Newegg got it here in a timely manner and it was in good condition even though it was sent in only a padded mailer. For RAM I wish they would use a small box just to lessen the possibility of it getting bent or broken in shipment.

Pros: Worked fine for a week.

Cons: After the last boot, the rig (GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L) started acting strange. Would shut down, start up on its own. After an a few of these incidents it would hang before entering bios. At first I thought it was the power supply...then MB....then swapped out the ram with another machine and it worked fine.

Overall Review: Got another stick coming. We'll see if the same happens.