Corsair Memory Dominator 2 GB PC2-8600 DDR2 RAM (TWIN2X2048-8500C5DF)

Excellent product from corsair, i install them on asus striker extreme enable sli ready memory and are working like charm. Recommended!

Problems when added to my existing system in order to achieve 4GB memory capacity. 4 sticks of 1GB cause system to behave weird.
Asus Striker Extreme 1504 Beta Bios.
Managed to have it stable at 1066Mhz DDR2 but after powering down and on again the system would not always boot.
Oh well story of my life...

Excellent memory, and of course they are fully SLI ready.

After some stability problems I decided to follow the technical advices posted on the Corsair forums and reduce the clock speed down to 800mhz and reduce the voltages to 2.1v to improve lifespan. The RAM lasted me 9 months before terminal failure and replacement by my local PC outlet under warranty, makes me wonder how long they would have lasted at full clock speed and 2.2volts !

Speeds and stability with the replacement set has been reliable with no problems, I returned to the fully standard settings.

My system is on typicaly for 16 hours a day every day, for work and play.

Test Rig:

Thermaltake Armor Watercooled
Thermaltake Toughpower 1000w PSU
Intel Core 2 Duo Quad Core QX6700
EVGA 680i Motherboard ( A1 )
BFG 8800GTX OC
Soundblaster Fatal!ty

All standard clocks aside from the CPU up from 2.6ghz to 2.93ghz

Not into heavy overclocking as stability is my primary goal, so dont know how far this Ram can go.

Part Number: TWIN2X2048-8500C5DF
Capacity: 2GB kit (2048MBx2)
Type: DDR2 240-pin DIMM, Unbuffered, NON-ECC
Rated Frequency: DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066MHz)
Rated Timings: 5-5-5-15
Rated vDIMM: 2.1V

Corsair needs no introduction to the enthusiast community. They’ve been making high-end modules since 1994 and are considered by many to be one of the best in the industry. Today I’ll be taking a close look at Corsair’s TWIN2X2048-8500C5DF kit, which is of the Dominator variety. Dominator is Corsair’s enthusiast line of memory products employing a unique cooling solution called “DHX” or “Dual Path Heat Exchange”.

I won't write a detailed review about this memory, I guess everybody knows that this is a top quality product, no need to add more by me.
I just want to notice here that it's been a happy surprise for me to grab these excellent modules at such a low price and that within 5 days from the day of purchase arrived on my front door!
What else one needs?
Thumbs up for geniesdeals, cool shop!

Installing the Memory was no problem, as you would expect, Windows Vista Business x64 identified the memory immediately increasing the memory in system I built to 4Gb. For your information, I am running a Quad Core 2.5 x4 10ghz system on an ASRock Motherboard, with Vista Business x64 and 1.5Tb Drive space.

This has now led to the computer running alot stabler, I was quite impressed by the difference. I also believe the Corsair Memory to be exceptional quality and well worth the price, for anyone considering investing in a memory upgrade, I cant recommend this highly enough.

Despite the lack of response to emails and ebay messages by seller, which is most likely due to being so busy this time of year and understandable and despite the 14 day wait for memory to be delivered, which is because items as shown on auction page, are dispatched 2nd class post, it was still well worth the wait and I would order from the seller again without question.

When buying additional ram it is not always described fully regarding the product number.The main product numbers are shown and assuming you have those already and wish to add to them there is another number that needs to be checked as well, the VERSION NUMBER, it is on the memory stick but not specifically memntioned. Corsair test the modules as pairs together and do not guarantee that added pairs will work with existing pairs especially if the version number differs.The suggestion from them is to buy new matched 2 x 2GB sets and sell your 2x1 gb set on.Well they would wouldn't they?

This memory has a wide compatibility over most DDR2 boards. Indeed, I haven't found one it doesn't work on. It overclocks quite effortlessly to over 1000Mhz and is very stable. For it's price, you can't beat it. Excellent performance. VERY recommended.

RDMTRADING (Richard).

Great memory, great price, prompt delivery. No problems with install, just plugged them in and they worked perfectly.