Is Corsair RAM good quality?

[FreedomEclipse]

Well I need 16GB of RAM for Windows 7 Ultimate and XP professional with my MacBook Pro, because 8 isn't enough, I've found this one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0076W9Q5A/?tag=tec06d-20

Does that one look ok?

Thomas

you plan to dual boot or run one as a VM?? I still think 8GB is plenty. I got 8GB on both my laptop and my PC and my usage rarely even hits 4GB.

that ram is fine though.

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Its not my job telling you how to spend your money, but you could save $80 by sticking with the 8GB set.


Order the 8GB set from Amazon. If you find that you still need more ram you can send it back to amazon for a refund, no questions asked within 30days and order the 16GB set.


take that $80 and put it towards a SSD which will show a much BIGGER improvement then having 16GBs of ram.

trust me on this. Ive been through all this myself.....just not on a mac.

 

[Widjaja]

Using Corsair Vengeance LPs in my Desktop atm and they are fine.
Had Corsair XMS2 in my old desktop.
One went bad, which I blame on the 680i chipset rather than the ram.

 

[H82LUZ73]

Corsair make excellent ram,It very uncommon for any sticks they make to go bad.Also on the website they list the generation and what ram chips they used on them,Mine are DRR2 Dominator and have Samsung D9 chips,They usually use Samsung or Hynix the 2 best chips on the market imo Why else would AMD and Nvidia use them on the video cards.....

 

[ThomasLentati]

are you only searching for products on Amazon?

This DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance ram works on MBP according to one of the reviewers...

secondly is there any reason why you would require so much ram?? I have 8GB in my laptop and the only time i seen it use almost over 90% of it was when i reinstalled windows and needed to get all the updates done.

otherwise I got firefox up with upto 30-60tabs open occasionally and an audio player running in the background... I can game on it but sadly its an E-350 APU so gaming isnt quite its forte even though it can handle quite a lot of games old and new without too much trouble.

16GB is pretty excessive unless you needed it to run a lot of CAD programs or VMware stuff.

BAD NEWS! The company that send the 16GB Corsair RAM I want won't ship to France (my country) ! So I have to go with the 16GB RAM 1333MHZ and not the 1600MHZ!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

why you ordering from the U.S anyway??? surely its cheaper and quicker to order from the UK.

 

[ThomasLentati]

why you ordering from the U.S anyway??? surely its cheaper and quicker to order from the UK

Thank you so much! I've found the exact same RAM but it says it's 16GB but is it 2x16GB RAM or 2x8GB RAM! http://www.amazon.co_uk/dp/B0076W9Q5A/?tag=tec053-21

Thomas

 

[ThomasLentati]

why you ordering from the U.S anyway??? surely its cheaper and quicker to order from the UK.

I've also found the RAM on the French Amazon look: http://www.amazon.fr/SO-DDR3-1600-1...5A/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1339430622&sr=8-13

I think I'm going to order it via the French amazon because from the Dollar to the Euro the rate is gonna change a lot and I'll have to pay taxes. But theres still the UK amazon but I don't know if it's 2x8GB or 2x16GB?! http://www.amazon.co_uk/dp/B0076W9Q5A/?tag=tec053-21

Thomas

 

[brandonwh64]

Corsair has a GREAT RMA policy as well. I RMAed some XMS2 chips due to a friends motherboard going south and killing the ram and GPU. I shipped and the day they received them, they sent a BNIB pair to me. I had no receipt or anything, they just went by serial number.

 

[ThomasLentati]

Corsair has a GREAT RMA policy as well. I RMAed some XMS2 chips due to a friends motherboard going south and killing the ram and GPU. I shipped and the day they received them, they sent a BNIB pair to me. I had no receipt or anything, they just went by serial number.

Thanks for the info!