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Customer Reviews for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Model: D22GX53OPT
SKU: 8221453
UPC: 751492312378
This pair of 1GB memory modules boosts your computer's speed and features an aluminum heat spreader for increased heat dissipation and enhanced reliability.
Average Customer Rating:
4.4
out of 5
(39 Reviews) 39
Rating Snapshot 39 reviews
5 stars
26
4 stars
9
3 stars
1
2 stars
1
1 star
2
92% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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36 out of
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Customer Reviews for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Review 1 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Works as expected
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: It boosted the performance of my son's PC.
What's not so great: The cost is a bit high for outdated RAM.
Easy to install, works as it should. My only issue is that to me, older RAM standard should cost less.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
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Review 2 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Great Upgrade for the Price
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Price, ease of install and marked improvement you'll get.
What's not so great: The package was harder to open than installing this.
Definitely a marked improvement. Easy to install. Liked that it was on sale and could pick it up at my local store. My older computer came with 1 GB of memory and only has two slots. Picked up this pack to double my memory. Works great. I've always used PNY products in two previous computers when I upgraded the RAM in those also. Never had any issues in 9 years.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
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Review 3 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Really helps with your computer.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Speeds up your computer greatly.
I bought these for an older computer to use and help increase its ram from 1 to 3. RAM is really important for multitasking and boot up times. If you are looking for a cheap way to help you computer go fast until you can buy a one with a faster processor and more RAM, buy this as a hold off. Really easy to install. First, just tell geek squad your computer type and they with tell you what size RAM you need to fit. Then once you get the right type, just plug it in the RAM plugs inside the computer (most have 4, but only 2 may be filled). Then turn on your computer, it will say recognized RAM if you did it right. Then BOOM, finished.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
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Review 4 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Works great
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Not much to say. I installed the RAM and it works well. The computer went from a slug to running great. The RAM is used in a business computer so I cannot compare to how well it works for games. It works well in the business environment and we now have enough to spare so when Microsoft continues to do their memory hogging updates, we will have memory to spare...for a while.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
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Review 5 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Product added speed to my PC
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
Very good product for the money. Saved by installing the product myself. Instilation was very easy.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
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Review 6 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Expensive Bran
Customer Rating
2.0
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: made my computer faster (upgrade from 528mb)
What's not so great: Expensive compair to other bran
I bought this because I wanted it now and have the chash for it. it was the only ddr2 1gb x2 card they have in the store. I should of oder a different Bran for like 1/2 the price of this, But who am i to say i am a newbie to pc modifying.
Dose the Bran name really matter?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
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Review 7 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
RAM is one of the cheaper upgrades or fixes
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Available in store
My computer developed bad RAM and kept crashing. I replaced the old RAM with this one and the problems immediately disappeared. I needed something in stock at the store right away so I ordered this one. I'm sure Best Buy has a better deal elsewhere on this site for this type of RAM as long as you're willing to have it shipped. They're usually good about delivery, so that is the way to go in my opinion.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
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Review 8 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
memeory
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: gmg60
from Dix Hills, NY
on 04/02/2010
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: quick and easy
What's not so great: Vista is still the worst
Easy to install. worked fine. Not sure at the end of the day it pays to upgrade old machines. New machines are fairly inexpensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 9 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Great Value
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Robert1973
from Sandpoint Idaho
on 02/04/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Good product Fair price
I ordered two sets of this memory and it showed up about a week later. It took about 5 minutes to install, then I installed Windows 7 professional 64 bit and its like I have a brand new computer.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
3Xs the Memory
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Dee2010
from Chesapeake, VA
on 02/02/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: I now have 3 times the memory I had before.
This PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300DR2 DDR2 DIMM Memory was just what I needed. It had easy to install instructions, and when I was finished, my computer had 3 times more memory than it had before. It works great and is noticably faster than before.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
DIMM Memory
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Donna64
from Poughkeepsie, NY
on 01/12/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Was easy to install, great directions, and no problems.
What's not so great: Nothing
Needed to uprage the memory in my son's desktop. The install was easy, 1,2,3. No problems with the install disk at all and computer recognized it immediately. Have had problems in the past with upgrading, but not with this
product.
product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 12 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Buy something else
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: uddave99
from Bordentown
on 01/12/2010
Value for Price
2.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
3.0
What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Cheaply made product
Buy something else. Bought 2 gigs of this memory and one gig did not work. When I do replace the one gig of memory that didn't work I will not be using PNY.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 13 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
PNY yet again proves itself as unworthy
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: tehdrizzle
from St. Joseph, Michigan
on 08/19/2009
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Does not work
I’ve used PNY products before and have never been pleased with the performance. They use cheap materials which fail easily or plain out don’t work. A prime example is their RAM, I run my own PC repair business and I have customers bringing in this type of memory because it’s on sale at Best Buy, Staples, etc, etc. I do my part and install the memory but I have only had 1 set of PNY memory work in a PC and it was actually slower after the upgrade. I have helped spread the word in my area that PNY is NOT a reliable brand and to stay away from the PNY brand in general. Stay with the brands that work such as Crucial which is a great memory.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 14 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
PNY Memory upgrade
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Michaelnwo
from Parma, Ohio
on 08/12/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: The price
What's not so great: Don't know yet
I had a little trouble installing these at first but then all was well. For the price you can't really complain too much about the performance. I had 2 gigs Ram to start with on 32 Bit Vista Home Premium. This memory upgrade bumped me up to 4 gigs although it's really only 3.5 or whatever. I haven't noticed my computer running any faster, I know about 32 bit and 64 bit windows how 64 can utilize more ram than 32 bit. But for the price, it's an easy upgrade for anyone that needs more speed.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 15 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
great boost
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: gt4130bmx
from Green Bay, WI
on 06/05/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: simple ram upgrade. great price for a 2 in one package
What's not so great: nothingi can think of
computer ran with an incredible boost in speed immediately after installed
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 16 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
A worthwhile upgrade
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: HiFiGary
from St Louis, MO
on 02/04/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy to install.
What's not so great: Didn't get it at sale price, other then that would have gave it a 5.
PC is noticeably faster on start up and loading programs. Upgrade went in w/o a hitch.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 17 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Can't beat the sale price!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: MidWestComputerGuy
from Chicago, IL
on 01/02/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Picked up 2GB for $40 on sale
What's not so great: nothing to report
Installation was a snap and bumped up an older machine to the max 2GB and more than doubled the performance.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 18 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Great when on sale!!!!!!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: spinetap
on 08/27/2008
What's great about it: Paid $49.99!!!!! bought 2!!!!
What's not so great: None at sale price.
Vista's performance was improved going from 2GB to 4GB!! Also went from 32-bit to 64-bit because of having the 4GB of ram!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 19 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Great memory for the money
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: rsoxman
from VA
on 08/25/2008
What's great about it: 50.00 need I say more?
What's not so great: NONE
I got this last week for 50.00! Great deal for 2 GB, and original price of 200.00. Work was too cheap to upgrade my memory so I did it myself. Call me crazy but a slow PC at work isn't fun to deal with all day! WORKS GREAT.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 20 for PNY Optima 2-Pack 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory
Excellent Purchase
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: BigDan
from Bethlehem, Pa
on 03/14/2008
What's great about it: Instant speed...
What's not so great: None so far
It took about 3 minutes to install the memory and Once I powered up my PC there was an INSTANT noticeable difference. I put it in an Inspiron 531s with Vista that I bought for the kids, I was not happy with the PC at all, so I tried MORE RAM, and suprisingly enough, it solved the problem. I am very pleased with the results!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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