Top 10 Reasons to Buy Crucial
Of all the upgrade suppliers to choose from why should you buy Crucial memory? The answer is simple—quality, savings, and support, straight from the source. You won't find a more trusted, better-performing memory upgrade at a lower price.
The Direct Difference
We're part of Micron, the largest DRAM manufacturer in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. Because we actually manufacture memory, we have unparalleled expertise in the upgrade industry. Crucial is the only consumer memory upgrade supplier that is part of a major DRAM manufacturer.
Quality
Every single memory module we sell is tested before it goes out our doors. Our chips are individually tested under varying temperatures, voltages, and operational conditions for performance and functionality. Why do we go to so much trouble? Because our reputation is based upon the outstanding performance of our memory.
Excellent Prices
Buying direct saves you money, and you won't find this level of quality at a better price. By providing a direct connection to the factory, Crucial is able to bypass the middlemen and pass on significant savings to our customers. And because we conduct so many of our sales online, the efficiencies created by our direct, e-commerce model allow us to discount our prices even deeper.
Experience
We are the Memory ExpertsSM, with more than 26 years of Micron memory industry experience. Our company has approximately 18,000 employees worldwide, including thousands of engineers, at facilities in 18 countries. In fact, we have more engineers than most of our competitors have total employees!
Reputation
Our memory is recognized worldwide for its power and performance. Gateway, Micronpc, Compaq, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and more demand our high-quality memory. Crucial brings that same high-quality memory directly to you, the end consumer.
Large Selection
Crucial offers over 217,000 upgrades for more than 27,000 desktops, notebooks, servers, printers, routers, and other electronic devices on our Web site, www.crucial.com. Plus, we guarantee that the memory you buy will be compatible with your system, or we'll give you your money back.
Proven Customer Service
Crucial's customer service is unmatched. We offer 24-hour streamlined online ordering; free, trackable shipping (for a limited time, within the contiguous U.S. and mainland UK); overnight delivery; a limited lifetime warranty on Crucial-branded memory products; and a 30-day, money back compatibility guarantee for memory recommended by our Memory Advisor™ tool. Our Web site is designed to teach novice users everything they need to know about buying memory, and our online Memory Advisor and System Scanner tools tell you precisely which upgrades are available for your system.
Expert Technical Support
Our team of highly trained and knowledgeable personnel provides the expertise necessary for flawless upgrades on your computer systems and networks. And all technical support is free, all the time—no matter how complex your question!
Money-Back Guarantee
Crucial sells high-quality products backed by a limited lifetime warranty (1 year warranty on graphics cards) and a 30-day money-back compatibility guarantee.
Integrity
Micron is ISO 9001-certified—the most comprehensive level of certification in the internationally recognized ISO family of specifications for quality assurance. Micron has also attained ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Standard certification and has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Evergreen Award for Pollution Prevention.
But don't just take our word for it...
"Your site was easy to navigate through, and after a couple of clicks, you showed me exactly what I needed, installation instructions, and a price that no one else could compare with." —Marsha Watson, Crucial Customer
"What are you people trying to do!!! Spoiling computer users? Like most computer users, I'm not used to such service and product. A service unmatched; honest, informative, and reliable products—thank you. Now, I need graphics card and memory, and there's no question where I'm getting them from." —Arjan Jaminia, Crucial Customer
"I received my order today. As promised, it was exactly what I needed. I think that was the smoothest online transaction, complete with the fastest shipping, of any that I have ever made in my years of Internet use and purchasing. Thank you so much for your very helpful, well-laid-out website, your product selection, and lightning-fast service. For any and every future memory need which I will have, I now know where to come. A thousand thanks." —Christopher Smith, Crucial Customer