Corsair
Transcend
Adata
Kingston
Patriot
Evm
Crucial
Gskill
My experience
Corsair lasted 2 years, needed rma
Transcend lasted 5 years, died after warranty
Adata lasted 7 years. died after warranty
Curicial using for last 2 years.
Kingston hyperx/fury.
G.Skill, Corsair, Teamgroup I tried all three and all worked great for me.
Once G. Skill RAM got errors so I sent it for RMA and got a new kit. This too I used on 2 builds. From 2013-2018
Corsair no problem until I sold it off for 6 years I used it on 2 builds. From 2018-2025
Teamgroup is my latest AM5 setup build DDR5 RAM until now no problem. 2025 March onwards.
I used Transcend in 2008-2013 no problems until I sold them off.
Zion I used from 2000-2008 in 2 builds no problems until I sold them off.
Corsair, due to no hassle, no questions asked RMA, though needed only once in last 13 years.
I prefer G.skill, Kingston & Crucial. worked great for me till now
i’ve personally owned a few ram sticks over the years, 2017 onwards.
- HyperX 2400MHZ CL15 1x8GB (still in use and had no issues ever. currently in my spare pentium G4560 rx 470 build that dad uses at his office, tracked down another stick recently after 8 years of owning the first stick and running fine in dual channel now to my surprise)
- G.Skill. 2400MHZ CL15 2x8GB (no issues ever and in use in one of dad’s office PCs since 2020)
- Crucial Ballistix 3000MHz CL16 1x16GB (I was second owner of a computer that a guy built in 2019, now selling that computer to upgrade, but never gave any issues)
- G.Skill. 3200MHz CL16 2x8GB (in mom’s i5 9400F home PC for office work and web browsing since 2019, no problems so far)
- HyperX 3200MHZ CL16 2x16GB (in main computer since 2024 June)
I never checked to see if any of the models i owned had longer than 3 years of warranty by manufacturer since i just assumed 3 years was standard. But in my experience there’ve been higher failed RAM slots on a motherboard if the slot was unused for too long, especially the case for when me and my friends owned 4 dimm slot motherboards and only used 2 slots for years and years). So unless you have too high end of a RAM stick that requires way too much unnecessary voltage and/or requires too high end of a motherboard to even keep the ram stable inside windows, you should generally be fine in any other case.
A regular max frequency kit required for gaming before you start to spend too much, like 3200MHz at CL16 or 6000MHz at CL30 is pretty stable even on budget boards now. So care about variables like:
- If the specific model number RAM kit has reviews about being unstable by too many users, to specifically avoid model numbers with a bad reputation.
- if RMA centre of the specific RAM manufacturer exist in/nearby your city. To avoid the situation of the manufacturer asking you to ship it to Taiwan or something.
- shortlist after option 1 + option 2 and pick a stick with longer warranty if it doesn’t cost too much extra (+10/15% max)
I came across RMA report data on MVP Insight’s YouTube channel (themvp.in) this video also shows data of other components GPU, MOTHERBOARD, CPU etc.
RAM - RMA Rates
*G.Skill RMA rate shown higher because of incompatibility with some ASUS motherboards, as explained in the video. Other brands rates are worse than this two. According to this video https://youtu.be/rVuxULXglMo?t=213
RAM - RMA Turnaround Times
*According to this video: https://youtu.be/Mn71R-8I-QQ?t=274
In my city they need invoice with serial no !
That’s obvious, how else they would ascertain if the product is in warranty period.
in many cities they do not need anything,
the label itself has serial no and warranty is by serial.
I needed RMA only once, due to power surge, Corsair PSU went kaput taking Corsair RAM with it.
At RMA centre i handed over PSU and RAM along with Photo copy of Invoice. They simply took PSU and RAM, and said - will call you back when replacements arrive in approx 15-20 days.
Got a call back in 2 weeks, and received new replacements.
2 friends have had similar experiences, so Corsair has been our default brand for PSU and RAM.
Teamgroup.
Corsair and Kingston for RMA services.
Kingston. It’s been in my old PC for the past 7 years, haven’t had any issues whatsoever.
My current PC has G.Skill tho, let’s see how long it lasts lol
Among RAM: GSkill & Crucial because mostly they are cost-effective for what they offer but not unknown brands.
If its about Rams its the usual suspects like Shantaram, Shriram, Balram, Abhiram, Vikram,Tukaram,Gangaram etc all except Sangram for obvious reasons.
had issue with Kingston for Rma.
not sold locally so Rma is almost non existing,
evm has better rma than many known brands.