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United States of America, Yonkers
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Review on πŸ’™ Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit 1.5V: High Performance and Reliable Memory for Enhanced PC Speed by Luis Green

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Shelf life only a few months

I bought a 4 disc set (16GB) from Revain. Everything worked fine for a while and then it started with Windows Explorer being "not responding". It didn't really matter because Windows 7 was recovering well, but it was happening more and more often and was getting really annoying. Then there were unexpected shutdowns from time to time, blue screens from time to time. Then these blue screens started to appear more and more frequently. I updated all drivers, checked hard drives and everything is fine. So we decided to test memory with Memtest86+ Bootable CD Free Download to boot your system and test memory. As soon as I started testing, a bunch of bugs started popping up. This memtest didn't tell you which flash drive was bad, so I started pulling one at a time, there were no errors. It turned out that only one of the four made a mistake. I contacted Corsair and they gave me an RMA. Unfortunately I have to send all 4 bars back to get a replacement so I won't be working for a while and will have to pay for shipping - we'll see. Mods are just a system designed for reliability

Pros
  • Durable test results
Cons
  • Repair