Do Not Buy ADATA/XPG Products
Posted by EternifityPepe@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 2 comments
I'm not the first and unfortunately probably won't be the last, but avoid ADATA products like the plague. I RMA'd a 2x32GB DDR5 kit back in late Janurary when some of the LEDs were dying. It took 3+ months (outrageous) after them recieving my defective kit, but I just got the RMA kit delivered to me today.
I put it in my 9850X3D/B850MPOWER computer and it took a few times to get it to POST, but then was working fine. Few hours later and it refused to POST. I've since isolated that one of the memory sticks HAS ALREADY DIED! I guess I'm just shit out of luck and money. Back to my old kit!
GenZia@reddit
The point you need to understand is that these brands don't manufacture anything. Everything is outsourced.
I've got an XPG Core Reactor II PSU in my current rig. No regrets. It's manufactured by CWT, a manufacturer that also makes PSUs for BeQuiet!, MSI, SilverStone, Thermaltake, and Corsair.
I also have a cheap Chinese SSD ("Goldenfir") in my old Haswell PC with Micron NAND and a Silicon Motion controller. It's basically comparable to decent budget drives from known brands.
Speaking of known brands, I've seen SSDs from the likes of Kingston and Lexar with budget YMTC NAND and, frankly, garbage Innogrit controllers (not a fan), clearly inferior to my Chinese SSD.
It all depends on the spec sheet.
pfak@reddit
ADATA has had horrible warranty for decades. Nothing new here.