Apacer AU DDR4 1x8Gb AU08GGB24CEYBGH

Save but don't be greedy

Apacer modules are now the cheapest branded DIMM DDR4 RAM on the market. Cheaper than them are only strips of little-known Chinese companies, which are often made from RAM chips that have not passed full quality control (in fact, rejected ones). For example, Micron labels such chips as SpecTec. And this promises, at best, increased power consumption and heating, at worst, application errors and OS crashes.

Frequency and timings

Apacer values its reputation and does not allow itself such savings “on matches”. It is better to skip the frequency of 2133 MHz and take 2400 MHz right away — the surcharge is purely symbolic, but the performance increase is 5 percent, and taking into account manual overclocking, even more. The supply voltage of 1.2 V and CL17 timings are typical for a frequency of 2400 MHz, but in the case of overclocking, both of them, of course, will have to be increased.

Technology Lottery

What kind of RAM chips (Samsung, Micron or Hynix) are used, Apacer does not say. Probably, depending on the batch, the contractor may change. However, other low-cost memory modules have a similar situation. Even Samsung puts either old A-die chips or new B-dies on its own standards, and Micron is already selling even more progressive, and therefore the best overclocked H-die, at full speed. So if you really buy a "lottery ticket", then at the lowest price — the price of Apacer.