Customer Reviews

PNY OPTIMA 1GB DDR 333 MHz PC2700 Desktop DIMM Memory Module MD1024SD1-333

5 star:		(61)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

Installed in about 10 minutes in my Dell Dimension 2400, and works great. Only had it in one day so far though. Computer recognized the memory immediately. No problems, and everything runs much faster with triple the RAM, as you might expect.

I started off with one stick of 512, and I eventually bought three more seeing how stable this memory was. I'm using this memory in an Asus P4C800 Deluxe motherboard, with a 3.2 P4. Since it's been installed, I have yet to crash. I was also able to remain stable while over-clocking my chip up to 3.89mhz.

Highly recommended.

I am comparing the PNY 512MB PC2700 module with the Crucial PC2100 256MB modules (x2).

In terms of performance, they're comparable. I recall PC2700 as not being much faster than PC2100, but the PNY RAM cannot tolerate aggressive memory timing or overclocking.
I had to use the Auto/SPD timing settings in order for it to run properly.

The RAM is very stable otherwise and since there is a lifetime warranty, you can't beat this package at the current price.

Crucial is the other major competitor and while their RAM can tolerate overclocking and aggressive timing, my experience is that they do not tolerate it for long and soon start to give PFN CORRUPT LIST, IRQL Less than or Equal, Page Fault in Non Paged Area, and other BSOD messages.

I ended up going with the PNY because it was about ten bux less than Crucial.

I got this thinking it would speed up my PC, and it did! It took some help though from my friend beccause I never installed memory and it was really simple. I have a HP Pavilion desktop and worked as soon as i installed it and booted it up. Now I notice that my programs load up a lot faster. I might be thinking about buying another one.

This memory was exactly what I ordered, and worked perfectly. Of course PNY is one of the well known manufacturers of RAM. Their products also have a lifetime warranty. A word of warning. I've seen many reviews in which people indicate that what they ordered didn't fit, or didn't work properly. There are many different parameters of RAM, all of which must be exactly correct, for it to fit, and then work in your computer. Sometimes even if you get one that fits into your computer, it won't work because it's the wrong speed or otherwise incompatible. RAM comes in different "shapes", speeds, SIMM, DIMM, and on and on. Because of this, it is VERY important that you go onto the website of the company that you are going to order from, and use their memory configurator, in which you enter the exact computer that you have, make, model, etc, and their system tells you exactly what RAM modules to buy for that computer. PNY was great b/c they had both their part number, and a retail part number. I took the retail part number and pasted it into Amazon, and it popped right up, I ordered it, and again, it worked perfectly. Unless you're a computer tech, and you know exactly what you need, NEVER try to order RAM from anyone without using the RAM configurator on the website of the company that you intend on ordering from. If you don't do this, buy at your own risk and expect it not to be the right one. If you do, you should get exactly what you need and be completely happy.

The computer chip did exactly what was expected. The shipping was done in a timely fashion. This would be a company we would deal with again.

Product was securely packaged, installed without problem, computer found memory without problem, system performance improved as expected.

Installed in 5 minutes, blazing speed, hasn't crashed yet after>1000 hours of continuous operation. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Thanks.

I received it within 24 hours of my purchase and appreciate for quick free shipment from amazon. However, when I installed it into the PC that stopped working right now, I did not see anything on the monitor. I had previous memory installation experience and it was easy. The memory was in the right place with the tabs/nothces were put together so it was placed correctly. I rebooted the PC but nothing happened. I tried 3 times without any success. At that time, I had noticed that that memory stick was very hot. Then I called to PNY tech support # provided on the package and that person told me that that memory I received from amazon was defective and return to amazon. It was OK to return the item but I could not reboot my PC. He told me to removed the battery from PC and unplugged it for 2+ hours to reset it. I waited 3 hours and put everything back and turn it on. Nothing happened. I called again to PNY tech support and waited 45min and they suddenly cut the line. I tried again and waited another 45 min and they cut the line again (I heard the ringing tone, then suddenly the line was cut off -- twice!!). I cannot wait another hour to be cut off again. It seemed like they are avoiding my call and they already knew that new PNY memory caused my other memory sticked burned. I saw little burned on (gold edges of the sticks) both my old memory stick and new PNY I purchased from amazon. My PC was not only unimproved with this new PNY memory, but I also lost my existing good memory stick (125MB). This meory stick is pretty expensive and I chose brand name expecting for better quality as well as improvement for my PC but now, I even lost my good one and cannot use my PC. You can't tell any difference for this PNY stick until you actually installed into your PC. Don't buy PNY for their quality uncontrolled and poor thech support. The automated voice will tell you check the problems in their website. How one can check when the PC was not working?? You have to wait hours to pass automated voices to get live support and wait more hours to get the live person if you're lucky. They don't hesitate to cut off your line anytime. Amazon should have negative stars and this PNY deserves neg stars.

Update: my PC is not working anymore and not repairable. PNY tech support supervisor told me he had to deal with a couple of similar problems per month (imagine how many people suffer the same problem with PNY's defective items) and nobody got compensation according to PNY policy. Never buy PNY products!!

I bought memory online before and had a problems like those described here and had to return it. So this time I went to Best Buy because they had this for $40 and it was either an upgrade speeded things up or I bought a new computer.

It took about 6 tries to get the memory to work- for some reason my Hp requires a bit of finesse to get the memory to make proper contact. I was beginning to believe the other reviews and was mentally preparing to return it before I finally got it to boot up. But once it was in I couldn't believe how well it worked; and now that I know they make stuff like NVidia graphics cards I feel even better. Would have saved the tax and gas money with Amazon.