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Massive upswing in SSD sales and a dwindling memory market force company to abandon its roots.
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Fair play to OCZ. In this global economy you need to move with the times and keep your business model where the most money can be made.Quote:
Originally Posted by vdbswong
The DRAM game is pretty stagnant (in that it isn't growing) and Kingston pretty much rule the roost. The SSD market on the other hand is growing like mad, and no one company has really managed to establish a dominant position.
From a business perspective I guess it makes sense. Still a bit of a shame - I quite liked OCZ memory.
Did OCZ make any high performance RAM like HyperX or XMS ?
yeah OCZ Reaper :)
It had stupid cooling systems with heatpipes and separate cooling arrays.
Can't say I'm going to miss the Reaper RAM, but always a pain when a competitor leaves the market.
This is such a shame, their lifetime warranty was excellent and their RMA process works like a Dream.
I just hope they aren't going to put all their eggs in one basket.
I believe custom PC sales are really down, for me with a over clocked quad core 2 (purchased in 2007), I see no need to upgrade, so will skip a few generations of intel processors.
Thing is, when it comes too SSD's its either a C300 or a Vertex2E, no? So not an overly bad or stupid decision - for us or them.
As above, its sad to see a brand disappear but they were waning anyway.
NO I love my reaper X ram. Totaly overkill cooling but hey I like it.
I also love my OCZ Vertex 2 as well :)
Shame to see them go, some great RAM with excellent aftersales support.
Lets hope future lack of big name competition doesn't drive prices up
Probably because their CS department gets so much exercise. I've never known a RAM manufacturer to put out so many sticks which develops faults over time.Quote:
Originally Posted by rabbid
Frankly I'm not surprised they're bowing out of the RAM market, they can only compete with the likes of Corsair on price, and having to replace so much broken junk is a double impact on profit margins.
i have 12GB of this make of ram in my server 6x2GB sticks but should i look at buying another 6 sticks now to fill my empty slots before i cant get anymore, as i don't like mixing different makes of ram or is that not a problem anymore.
Shame. Just replaced 2 x 1gb sticks that went faulty on me. Very good service...
The way RAM goes, you'll probably still be able to get exactly the same modules in a different package.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetfire
I agree, fair play, they make great SSDs and not much RAM so stick to what you know (and by know I mean can turn a profit in).
Kingston - who are they? ;) I would politely suggest that the roost-ruling title probably belongs to Corsair - certainly they seem to be getting the most column inches. Just defected to them (8GB Vengeance) from Crucial (despite the latter's good customer support).Quote:
Originally Posted by BullDogg
Sorry to see OCZ dive out of memory - they seemed to figure in most of the search results I got when I was shopping around. And I parted with some of my hard-earned for a Vertex 2E for a boot drive - quite impressed. Less competition in any market is not good for customers.
Think they'll want to pull out of the PSU market next - although from what I've read - pretty much everyone just slaps a badge on a PSU from one of a limited pool of builders, (Seasonic, CMT, can't remember the others).
Column inches doesn't necessarily link to actual presence in the market. Kingston makes nearly half the RAM in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by crossy
I'll agree to disagree - Kingston may make a large amount of RAM (although I would have thought if you're talking about actual chips then surely the triumvirate of Samsung, Hynix and Micron would have been bigger) - but if we're talking about bragging rights then if the majority of the sites/mags are benching with Corsair's gear, then they have good claim to the title. Okay, if this isn't the case, then I'll look sheepish and shut-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by snootyjim
"Column inches = brand recognition/awareness = sales" I dimly remember from Advertising 101. ;)
Sorry that this was :offtopic:
Quack thinking. People buying stuff = sales. In the RAM market the vast majority of RAM purchases are made by the OEMs, and column inches is utterly lost to them. All they're interested in is low cost and low faults, they might even commission their own models of sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by crossy
Shame. I've been buying OCZ memory for as long as I can remember - always seemed to have a good price/performance balance!
Well I had just one stick that failed (doa) of well over 100 passing through my hands and one spreader thats half unstuck. Both of those bought privately but the first claimed to be 'new oem' arrived in a home sealed anti static packet.... It cost just over £1 via royal mail recorded to RMA it overseas and in 10 days had a replacement.Quote:
Originally Posted by aidanjt
Some of the early plats I had would get hot if pushed. Probably these would fail if I had not backed down the timing or voltage or added cooling. Not as hot as some of the same era crucials though, but those ballstics back then had a very high reported return rate. IMHO partly at least maybe due again to users trying to attain the high voltages and timings without regard for cooling the part.
I'm not talking about DOA's or overclocking. Just plain standard use, and they develop faults over time.