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Corsair XMS 2GB DDR SDRAM Memory Module

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• Reviewed by: Sean84

  Updated: 05-18-06

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

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  Strengths: performance ram, lifetime warranty

  Weaknesses: You'll need the lifetime warranty

  Overall Evaluation: I had 4x512mb value ram, they were holding my cpu back, I splurged and decided to upgrade to this stuff, nice price after a $40 rebate, I spent more on the 4x512mb value ram than on theseUpdate: This ram has died on me 2 times now right around the 6 month mark. I hope corsair has improved their ram quality or I'll be stuck putting corsair's lifetime warranty to the test

• Reviewed by: wizardefc

  Updated: 04-21-06

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

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  Strengths: Speed

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: These are just the ticket. They are fast and overclock well. Not that it matters but the heatsinks are very appealing to the eye. Good old Corsair you just can't go wrong.

• Reviewed by: bamboozled2

  Updated: 04-17-06

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

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  Strengths: Easy to install and recognized by motherboard bios.

  Weaknesses: None.

  Overall Evaluation: Installation was a breeze, machine runs and loads faster and have no complaints at all. Very good price/performance with $50 rebate (assuming I get it). Have not overclocked these modules. Machine has remained stable with no problems up to this point.

• Reviewed by: Master_FOB

  Updated: 04-08-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

  Strengths: Size, good looking, tight timings.

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: I have not tried overclocking this RAM, so I can't say much about that. All I can say is that this RAM runs well at the advertised timings, looks nice, and having 2GB is nice. Going from 1GB to 2GB, I didn't see as much of a performance improvement as going from 512MB to 1GB. I run this ram in dual-channel on an MSI Neo4-F mobo with A64 3500+. Dropped the RAM right in and booted up fine. No crashes or errors or anything in about 3 weeks, and I use this machine mainly for watching movies with a little bit of gaming.I got in on an awesome deal on this RAM, and I wanted 2GB, so it was perfect timing. I am not overclocking my system right now, but when I do, I will most likely use memory dividers. Maybe one day, I'll see how much this RAM can overclock, but for now, I simply don't have time.So if you need lots of stable RAM at tight timings, these should serve you just fine.

• Reviewed by: uncat

  Updated: 03-29-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: Corsair, speeds 2 3 3 6

  Weaknesses: Most likely require voltage change to get 2 3 3 6 speeds.

  Overall Evaluation: These are corsair's "value select" line of memory. Even still it is good memory however the packaging will suggest it's inferior. I have this running 3 3 3 8 on a machine that cannot set the voltage which is the only weakness (you need to set voltage to 2.75). It's advertised as 2 3 3 6 but will most likely require bios settings to achieve. It's no big deal but I have patriot 2gb ddr pc4000 rated 3 4 4 8 giving me better speeds clocked down to pc3200 (motherboard specs). I say buy if you have a custom built machine but skip it if you have a dell/hp type brand since it won't do you too much good.

• Reviewed by: himansu2k3

  Updated: 03-25-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: Good rated timings, heatspreadder, and the name corsair!

  Weaknesses: You have to adjust the voltage and/or manually set the timings in BIOS to achieve the rated speed.

  Overall Evaluation: The ram is good but I have trouble getting it to work with K8V SE deluxe MB. Most of forums say I have to adjust the timings and it should work. However, I tried as much I could to no available. I'll try asking the ram guy at Corsair and see if it helps. The ram is running stable at 3-3-3-8 but that's not what I paid for I hope I can get it working at 2-3-3-7 as rated.

• Reviewed by: fanywx

  Updated: 03-23-06

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Days

  Strengths: Easy install. Stable

  Weaknesses: N/A

  Overall Evaluation: It is easy to install this kit. The only problem is in my system it doesn't show dural channel. But it runs without problem. I bouught it last week and now the price is up $40.

• Reviewed by: old_cotton

  Updated: 03-23-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:3 Days

  Strengths: 2GB; Dual channel kit; 2-3-3-6 timings

  Weaknesses: Price is expensive.

  Overall Evaluation: I bought this kit for my AMD64. It workes flawless! Ran MemTest86+ yesterday, no any problems. Comes with heat spreader. This RAM can run @ 400MHz at 2-3-3-6 timings. I didn't try overlock yet, will try it later. If you want a high performance PC3200 RAM, maybe this is the best choice.

• Reviewed by: drhaibane

  Updated: 03-18-06

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

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  Strengths: Latency 2-3-3-6 cannot be beat! The heat sinks look really nice and they function pretty well.

  Weaknesses: None.

  Overall Evaluation: This really is the best RAM on the market. At the moment, the price is really good. Compared to Corsair's competitors (namely OCZ), this RAM may not be the best latency-wise (OCZ running at 2-3-2.5-6) but that can only be seen when running benchmarks. Performance-wise, this RAM is really good. Plays HL2 and CS:Source really well too.

• Reviewed by: shuksan_05

  Updated: 02-24-06

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Very stable, good value for price, dual channel, lifetime warranty

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: This is my first time running Corsair memory and chose mainly due to good product history and the product value for price. I do a lot of photo editing and video encoding, so a good processor and memory is essential. These sticks can be overclocked, though I haven't tried to do so yet (haven't had a need yet for more speed). Installation was easy and the platinum head shields make the sticks look cool through the clear side window of my case :)

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