Hi all. So tonight I bring up the topic of a memory company I've known of since around the time in my growing up that I wanted to be a PC technician/PC builder on the side. Back in the day (around 2000/2002) there rose a memory company called Mushkin. In their time of genesis and for quite a few years after they were the premier brand of memory to buy of you were a PC builder who cared about the memory they would place in their gaming rig. Their DIMMs were legendary and they didn't break the bank either.
They've outlived companies like OCZ and others. I use one of their Redline DDR3-1600 12GB kits in my current rig and have never used better memory in my tech life. Yet, with so many other PC techs Mushkin is like a forgotten brand. Nobody ever talks of their product like they did as I was learning my ways in the IT PC tech world but more importantly nobody uses Mushkin (now known as Mushkin Enhanced) in their rigs these days.
So I ask in your eyes what happened to Mushkin? Has their day already been had and others make better kits now? Are they just never in the enthusiast conversation anymore? I'd like to hear people's thoughts on this as I feel it's an interesting question to pose about such a once great PC company so highly regarded for years. Thanks and until next time I am out!
They've outlived companies like OCZ and others. I use one of their Redline DDR3-1600 12GB kits in my current rig and have never used better memory in my tech life. Yet, with so many other PC techs Mushkin is like a forgotten brand. Nobody ever talks of their product like they did as I was learning my ways in the IT PC tech world but more importantly nobody uses Mushkin (now known as Mushkin Enhanced) in their rigs these days.
So I ask in your eyes what happened to Mushkin? Has their day already been had and others make better kits now? Are they just never in the enthusiast conversation anymore? I'd like to hear people's thoughts on this as I feel it's an interesting question to pose about such a once great PC company so highly regarded for years. Thanks and until next time I am out!