Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz PC3 12800 240-Pin DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit 1.5V (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9)

Hi readers, I ordered and installed this Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2x4 GB) DDR3 1600 onto my ASUS Z87 PRO (V-Edition) along with an Intel i5 Core 4690, and was very pleased to have a flawless first time post, and operation. It's been two weeks now running about six hours a day. No gaming, just movie editing, and work. I'm using a Samsung SSD, and from push button to turn on, everything is ready to go in just under 13 seconds!!! Like day and night compared to a HHD. I did a Passmark Performance Test and scored a 4671, which surprised me greatly. In summary, the Corsair ram I purchased has been crucial, (no pun intended), because my motherboard and cpu specify certain combinations that will work together. There is a wide variety of choices, and I chose this particular ram according to specs and my user intent.The only issue I had with this order which does not take away from the quality of the product, rather is directed to me and the Amazon Service. I tried the Amazon Prime 30 Trial, to get my ram in 2 days, which I didn't get in 2 days, it took 4 days from the moment I placed the order, and a mistake I made was not reading the terms of "30 Day trial". I was just charged an additional $105.23 for Amazon Prime because I didn't opt out within 30 days. My wife was pissed, and, as well, myself at myself for not paying closer attention. I called Amazon and they were very understanding and I got that Prime membership cancelled, and refunded back into my account. For me personally, I really do not see the need to pay that kind of money to get something I want fast. My bad. So, if you make this same mistake because your not paying close attention, count on it costing you $105.23, and that by the way is annually....

I recently upgraded my PC and decided to go with Intel this time... Although I already had 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair RAM from my previous build, I couldn't use them because they were 1.65v and may cause issues with Intel CPUs and intel motherboard chipsets. I decided to stick with Corsair because I had no issues with the previous RAM I had and ordered this RAM with 1.5v. Even though the CAS latency is at 9 (My other Corsiar XMS3 is a CAS 7 latency - lower is better/faster)... it was still fast! My previous build and a slight lag, but this build with these rams I noticed everything opened up and ran faster! Fairly easy to install and it is up and running with no issues! At installation it was operating at 1333MHz but with my motherboard I easly clock these to the advertised 1600MHz with no issues at all. The heat spreaders are TALL! This may conflict or block installation of aftermarket CPU heatsink coolers so make sure if you get aftermarket CPU heatsinks that it does not interfere with this ram. Overall I love this RAM and recommend it to everyone!So far my system is running smoother and faster than my previous build. The reason I built a new PC was to get ready for Ivy Bridge and for the new Nvidia GTX 600 series with PCI Express 3.0... the mother board I got supports PCI 3.0 when I swap out the i5-2550k for an Ivy Bridge...Current Build:Intel i5-2550kNvidia GTX 570Corsair Vengeance 8GBSamsung 830 120GB SSDHitachi 2TB 7200RPM

Still going strong

ok it took 3 hours to figure out that one stick is dead, getting lots of BSODs lately like:IRQ_LESS_OR_EQUALMEMORY_MANAGEMENTdidnt come to my notice that the RAM might be faulty as i used Corsair Dominator DDR2 kit for almost 4 years and never got defected, either you get them DOA like it happened once to me or they just work and keep working, this is how corsair operates.at first, I thought its the CPU, however narrowed it down with AIDA64 until it caused BSODs asa i hit stress memory, so i grabbed memTest and stuffed in a bootable USB drive and 448 Errors asa the test runs (on 1% Test completion). So i started to just plug one stick at a time and test, one of them is badly defected.So i've just ordered another set and gonna RMA the defective ones, ill wait and see how things will turn around and update this review.for not being biased, i like corsair very much, they produce high quality RAM modules, but the only thing i blame corsair for is not testing their RAM very well. I just knokced 1 star so they can notice this and improve their QA before make them available for customers. but all in all RAM is gr8 and deserves 5 stars.UPDATE: i sent an email to RMA Dept. but got delayed response, i guess their email is not monitored. However, before i got the response, i was tired of waiting and called them via Skype using the Toll Free number they have as i'm an international user, their customer support is gr8, no complaints, im ready to RMA my defected set.Meanwhile, i have tested the new set i've recently ordered, both work gr8, no BSODs, no crashes, everything is stable now, so i'm just waiting for my replacement.If you want to buy this RAM and got hesitant because of other reviews saying DOA and this one, dont be, just get these RAM, Corsair offers life time warranty (10 years) and with the listed price, its a steal.