Arne Saknussemm wrote:
Are you OCing your RAM or running it outside of spec at all? Or just running XMP. If the latter then it's just bad kits....send it off and get another...a hassle I know.
Have a look at the voltage your PSU puts out just to see if there is anything strange...but I doubt it.
Corsair are definitely trading on the name for a while now I think.....
So very true
😕I used to ONLY buy Corsair memory, ever since I built my first custom rig (FX-51, Asus SK8V, 2GB XMS3200RE, ATI X800XT-PE, etc), and those first sticks still run 100% to this day (as does the rest of the PC!).
However, they have gotten greedy in a few ways... They not only way overcharge for products, but they have also expanded way too quickly into markets they had no footing, immediately trying to establish themselves as a premium brand despite the quality (or lack thereof) of their products.
It's kinda sad.
Nowadays, I trust G.Skill and Mushkin for memory, especially G.Skill as out of the last ~30 kits I've gotten from them, EVERY...SINGLE...ONE... has overclocked a MINIMUM of one bin higher than spec'd, and most will OC 2 bins higher and with tighter timings than kits they sell at that higher spec! Their Ripjaws Z and Trident X lines are, from my experience/use, the current absolute top-shelf/premium kits of memory out there! I've had a few kits of Dominator Platinums, mostly gotten 2nd hand for super cheap off friends, and they have all been junk considering their cost; not a single one would overclock even one bin upward without loosening each of the primaries at LEAST 2, and who wants DDR3-2666 13-15-16-35 2T? Not me, especially not when retail is 2x or more than their competitors' (vastly superior) kits.
I do miss the Dominator GT/GTX kits, those are some beastly sticks of memory! They were also Corsair's swan song, IMHO.
