💾 Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600MHz PC3 12800 Dual Channel Memory Kit 1.5V (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) Review

I will test each and every one of the components in my custom setup. But before I start this review, I want to say that I spend a lot of time researching the best components for my budget (which was around 1200), choosing compatible mobile devices, memory/CPU, etc. This is my rig: Sapphire Radeon R9. 270X 4GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC Versions PCI Express Graphics Card 11217-04-20GWD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5" Min 7200 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB Cache…

Good it took 3 hours to find out that a flash drive is dead, lately a lot of BSODs like: IRQ_LESS_OR_EQUALMEMORY_MANAGEMENT, I didn't realize that the RAM could be faulty since I have the Corsair Dominator Have used DDR2 kit for almost 4 years and never failed, either you get them DOA as happened to me once or they just work and keep working, that's how Corsair works. At first I thought it was the CPU but narrowed it down with AIDA64 until it caused a BSOD when I hit memory load so I grabbed…

I needed an identical kit to add to the original 2x4GB Vengeance kit I bought with my build. With few exceptions, RAM is RAM, but again, with few exceptions. I discovered that the timings and information on the Serial Presence Detect chip or SPD-ROM are not identical to my original 2x4GB kit, making it clear that not every Corsair 2x4GB kit is guaranteed to be identical, which forces customers to pay for a 4x4GB kit from the start to guarantee absolutely identical flash drives. Rather than…

I took a Dell Inspiron 620 to turn it into an inexpensive gaming machine with a few upgrades, one of which was the memory. If you buy one of the systems, most come with 4GB (enough, but Win7 64-bit is better with 8) or 6GB, which is actually slower than 4GB as it's not dual channel. To get to 8 GB, you need significantly more than this excellent RAM costs. Do yourself a favor and just grab the 4GB model and order it. It installs easily and works very stably for several days and now runs at…

I bought this set to add to my existing 8GB (2 x 4GB) set of exactly the same storage. I'm having trouble running Call of Duty Advanced Warfare on my PC. I built a PC about 5.5 years ago so I was wondering if it was time to build a brand new one. But I figured heck, I'll try adding some extra memory first and see what happens. I couldn't be happier with the results. I was able to switch my COD settings from fully minimized graphics to near maximum graphics instantly with no issues. The game…

RAM prices are really good right now, and enough RAM is the difference between a great UI and a sluggish, unresponsive nightmare. Check your task manager, performance monitor or other resource monitoring utility - if all your physical RAM is being used and the system is using a lot of "pagefile" or "virtual memory" and lagging painfully, it's time for an upgrade! I bought this RAM as part of a desktop workstation I built for a friend. I put together an extremely powerful machine for $800 and he