Customer Reviews

CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB ( 2 X 2GB ) PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-pin DDR3 CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit - TW3X4G1600C9DHX

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is my first rig with ddr3 and I must say I am impress. I had to manually set the memory to 1600mhz from 1333mhz and change the timings to the cas latency advertised.

Phenom II X4 955 BE @3.6ghz /w stock cooler
1600mhz Corsair 9 9 9 24
4890 Sapphire 1gb ddr5
WD Caviar Green 750gb 16mb
850w Corsair tx series

I received it yesterday and installed it instantly. Works fine and really boosted the PC performance since I was using a temporary 1GB 1333 Mz. The heat sink is excellent and the packing was very good since I ordered it to Kuwait .

Corsair is one of the leading computer memory manufacturers, and this is why I decided to buy this RAM without any hesitation. I bought it at Christmas for a wonderful price.

The packaging is great, the speed is wonderful, the heatsink looks smart, and it was instantly recognized by my motherboard - MSI 790GX. I will definitely buy another pack when I need more ram. 4GB of memory seems to be more than enough for almost anything. My most intensive use of my computer only uses 1.5-2GB of memory. If you're building a new PC and are not sure about how much RAM you need then initially get a 4GB kit, you can always add more RAM later. The only application that I use which will benefit from extra memory is Adobe Photoshop.

I had no issues installing AMD's stock heatsink and fan with this memory in place.


Notes:

- It is was initially recognized as 1066MHz by my motherboard. The voltage and the frequency had to be increased in the bios to the advertised values. By searching Corsair's forums it seems that this is normal for this memory kit and is not motherboard specific, which explains why it only gets four stars.

- Use Corsair's memory finder to find a list of the motherboards that support this memory kit.

Have had this in Game PC I built a year ago and works great. No problems what so ever, highly recommend Corsair products.

Uso esta memoria con una placa Asus y un procesador Quad core

Compré la memoria hace unos 6 meses y hasta ahora no he tenido ningún problema.

El desempeño es impecable

I thought it was much powerfull but it's not a big deal really, and one of them is damage with only two month of use.

Simply outstanding, this is the fatest memory for the price that you ll get, althought the memory needs to be overclocked on board to show its true 1600 mhz frequency.

Highly recommended!

This RAM uses more voltage than the regular ones, beware that this could damage your MOBO. If in your BIOS you can contol the voltage, it works like a charm

I purchased two sets (2 X 2GB each) of the CORSAIR XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-pin DDR3 CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit - TW3X4G1600C9DHX. While these installed easily and seemed to work well at first, within a week I developed a series of catastrophic computer failures, which seemed to point in different directions at first (HDD, corrupt MBR, etc.). I finally broke down and took it to a PC repair specialist, who eventually ($200 later) figured out that one of the Corsair memory modules was bad (would only make consistent contact by physically holding it down into the slot). While the customer support people at Corsair were prompt and friendly in their replies, I couldn't get them to pay for the diagnostic & repair fee. I am RMAing the module directly to them, but I would be cautious about purchasing their modules in the future.

Overall is good, My only issue is that the ram heatsink is very tall so I could not set the CPU heatskink fan the way I wanted.