Corsair XMS3 Dominator DDR3-RAM 8GB PC3-1600 Kit

Zitat: Seal of approval Pros: + Good Overclocker + OCing Performance Scaled Well + 8GB Kits Give A Great Performance Boost + Distinctive Dominator Look + Easy To Overclock + Dominator Quality Cons: - Tall Heat Sink Might Interfere With Some CPU Coolers - Getting Spoiled By Having An 8GB Dominator Kit We liked the performance of the Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 8GB kit. We saw a lot of advantages on Windows 7 and Vista 64 using an 8GB kit of ram, so much so we spent the better part of a day loading applications and timing them with 4GB of the kit and again with 8GB. In almost every case we saw an improvement in load times. In memory hungry applications like Photoshop we get better load times on large groups of images. In short 8GB performs better on a 64bit operating system, enough better that if you compute a lot, or use a computer at work it´s well worth upgrading to 8GB of ram. Performance on the 8GB kit was better than we expected and the 8GB kit outperformed another 4GB kit of Dominator we have reviewed previously. Considering that both kits were timed the same there´s no disadvantage we can see to running more ram. So much so that we will be running 8GB on our LGA1156 and 12GB on our LGA1366 rig. The Corsair kit has managed to change our minds about some aspects of ram, there are times to run a lightning fast kit, but in general the density (amount) of ram you are running is just as important as the speed of the ram. We would opt for an 8GB kit of ram running at 1600MHz over a 4GB kit running at 1866. We loved the new blue sticker/fin color scheme on the Dominator kit and the great performance we got from running an 8GB kit didn´t hurt our feelings. With a lifetime warranty, Corsair support, and the Dominator distinctive look it´s hard to beat this Dominator 8GB kit. Space We are using a addition to our scoring system to provide additional feedback beyond a flat score. Please note that the final score isn´t an aggregate average of the rating system.

Zitat: The Corsair Dominator GT is some good RAM. Without too much effort we were able to get a decently high overclock in terms of speed, but found that we had to loosen the timings too much for it to be of any performance value. On the other hand, the tighter