Expectations

I was just reading some of the comments about TeamGroup memory at a forum. People never get it. They see a few benches and say to themselves, "I've gotta get my hands on this stuff!" Then disappointment sets in. Blame the manufacturers, blame the hype. Of course, it may have something to do with the fact that they were fantasizing to begin with.

I've gotten my TeamGroup Microns up to 280 @ 3-3-3, Prime and SuperPi stable. Took a little work, but there you have it. Sure, 290 would have been better. But 280 is not good? 270 is not good? 265?

What I find sad about today's overclockers is that many of them don't want to do any work. They want something that's blazing fast right out of the box. They also want all the timings handed to them on a silver platter. Finding the right memory settings requires patience, something that many people lack.

Whenever I buy something that doesn't live up to my expectations, I just chalk it up to experience and move on. I don't blame the manufacturers, unless the product was defective, in which case I will just RMA it. If RAM is rated at DDR500 and it does DDR500 with no problem, then you have nothing to complain about.