1, chip particle comparison

The picture below is a close-up of Kingston's 2GB/667 notebook memory particles shot by the author, using the same Elpida particles as the fake Kingston memory. It can be clearly seen from the figure that the real memory particles print clearly, while the fake memory particles are very dim and the contrast is very sharp.

In fact, for a memory, the PCB circuit board only accounts for less than 10% of the memory cost, and the price of particles is the real "big head". Therefore, PCBs are generally manufactured by regular foundries, and the particles are "white pieces" in jargon, which is called inferior particles in the industry. The price is very cheap, but the stability and compatibility are poor.

2. Comparison of details

As can be seen from the above picture, there are two defects. The first is the miniature font printing of Kingston's R-type trademark. Kingston English should be clearly printed around the registered trademark "R", which can't be clearly displayed here because of the author's camera, but it is much clearer than the graffiti in the fake memory.

3. Kingston official website's "One Minute Authentic Identification"

One more thing, please look at the watermark in the label carefully. There are obvious marks at the junction of fake memory watermark and Kingston font, which are obviously post-printed and will not be found in real Kingston memory.

5. Although Kingston Memory is plagued by fakes all the year round, it is still the sales champion in the memory industry, indicating that most consumers still recognize the compatibility and stability of Kingston Memory. However, when users buy memory, they must carefully identify it with the above methods, and then identify it through online or SMS inquiry, so that the chance of buying fakes will be greatly reduced. If you can go directly to the designated merchants in Kingston to buy products, then you will be more at ease.

Note that Kingston bars have no fixed chips, so each batch of chips is different. True and false strips can't be distinguished by chips, but the PCB board of Kingston strip is unchanged and very distinctive. In all Kingston memories in China, there will be memory anti-counterfeiting numbers made by special technology. This anti-counterfeiting measure is to distinguish whether the four digits of the memory anti-counterfeiting label correspond to the four digits of the memory number engraved on the memory PCB by special technology. The biggest advantage of adopting this anti-counterfeiting measure is that without professional memory manufacturing level, counterfeiters are extremely difficult to copy. So adopting this method will give those counterfeiters the most painful blow. In addition, the PCB circuit of Kingston memory is very fine, and it is empty, so you should pay more attention when buying it.