Which brands of memory to go for or avoid?

I'm going to upgrade my Mac Mini Dual Core 1.83 from 512MB to 1GB or 2GB, and I was wondering if there's any brand of memory I should go for, or any I should avoid. Corsair and Crucial seem to get talked about a lot, but are they any better then others, or is it just hype? And how do other brands compare? I guess I should avoid anything with the word 'value' in it?

I always buy from Crucial because (as mentioned above) they offer a 100% guarantee that the RAM will work and will replace if it doesn't. I've used them quite a bit and only had one faulty/incompatible module, which they replaced straight away.
I've just (today) upgraded my McMini to 2GB using Crucial memory. It was about £40 for the 2GB including overnight delivery. The memory they sent me was from the same manufacturer as the original RAM in the Mini. You can use their memory selector to make sure you order the right parts.
One word of caution though - be very careful inside the case as these new minis seem a lot more delicate than the G4s (you may want to see my other post http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1282760&tstart=0).

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