How to find out RAM brand

[b_man]

I have 1 GB of DDR RAM in my machine...is there a way to fond out the specs and/or manufacturer-model of the RAM without opening the machine....i need to know cause i wanna add another 1 GB to it and want it to be of the same manufacturer....

[Vishal Gupta]

There r lots of 3rd party utilities for this job:

CPU-Z: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest Home edition
etc.

[b_man]

@vishal...nice app dude...thnx a lot...got me what i wanted instantly!!

@ all...one is an A-Data 512MB PC3200, and the other one is a Hyndai 512MB PC3200...guess i am not dependant on the manufacturer anymore....which company is the better one though??...which other company's RAM is worth investing in?...don't tell me kingston cause my pockets ain't that deep!

[Vishal Gupta]

Kingston and Transcend r best brands. But as u said already u don't want such costly RAM, then u should go for hynix.
This thread will help u:

Vote for the BEST RAM Manufacturing Company !!!

[Ch@0s]

Easiest way is SPD tab of cpu-z... looks something like this


If you want cheap decent ram, look for Twinmos/Transcend with Samsung UCCC chips.