Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 SDRAM Memory Module

Worked Great

Strengths: Fast; heat-spreaders; lifetime-warranty

Weakness: could be faster; POOR REBATES

I was upgrading from 2GB dual-channl PC2-5300 RAM, as I wanted the performance boost, and to not maintain upwards compatibility. I plopped 'em in and my ASUS P5WDH recognized them as PC2-6400 RAM, so at least the SPD rom is programmed properly (some are programmed to be overly conservative). I tweaked the timing, bumped the voltage to 2.1V, and all is good! Corsair has a great reputation in the...
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I was upgrading from 2GB dual-channl PC2-5300 RAM, as I wanted the performance boost, and to not maintain upwards compatibility. I plopped 'em in and my ASUS P5WDH recognized them as PC2-6400 RAM, so at least the SPD rom is programmed properly (some are programmed to be overly conservative). I tweaked the timing, bumped the voltage to 2.1V, and all is good!

Corsair has a great reputation in the memory business, with a lifetime warranty. I just hope my first purchase of their product proves to be a good one! :-)

Updated 7/2/07: Don't trust Corsair rebates, which is handled by the status-now dot com site! I submitted my rebate in Feb, they never got it. I resubmitted via FAX several times, made numerous phone calls, and it finally got logged. Status updated in early May indicating that check was processed, and the expect it in six weeks! After this time, and no check, they will re-issue. It's been two weeks, and they still have not mailed the check! I will never buy another corsair product because of this. It's a shame that Corsair hires this rebate house, because other than that, the product is top-notch!

By SDTechDeals - Mar 8, 2007

Excellent Memory

Strengths: Excellent CAS timings, Quality manufacturer, runs fast, rebate also helps

Weakness: Expensive and heat spreaders seem a little flimsy/thin

Works great with my ASUS P5B Deluxe without any problems. I haven't overclocked it yet and may not need to since it is already very fast. I am upgrading from a P4 with DDR memory and this memory with a Core 2 Duo are very fast!

By mwilke01 - Feb 8, 2007

Automatic Configuration works Great

Strengths: SLI Technology

Weakness: None that I have found

My EVGA 680i motherboard picked up this memory and set all the timings automatically. I run it unlinked from the FSB at 800mhz, and CAS=4 with no problems at all. Great memory. I am planning to add another pair to bring me up to 4GB

By HEB1022 - Jan 18, 2007

Great memory

Strengths: Very stable, highly overclockable

Weakness: heatspreader is cheap quality

These are great memories. Perfectly compatible with my ASUS P5B Deluxe for 800Mhz. Minimum overclockable to 1066 with slightly increased voltage. The heatspreader isn't so good and you will feel it's hot when touching it.

By kenneth0127 - Dec 14, 2006

Good memory

Strengths: Price, stability

Weakness: Heatspreader?

I've recently moved to new AMD platform, with Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. Originally I had 2GB of Kinston 800 DDR2, which had worked very well with P4 motherboard, but wouldn't even boot in new configuration. After some research I purchased this Corsair memory, which worked right away, and is very stable so far. You can use BIOS configurations to overclock it, but I am not sure if...
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I've recently moved to new AMD platform, with Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. Originally I had 2GB of Kinston 800 DDR2, which had worked very well with P4 motherboard, but wouldn't even boot in new configuration. After some research I purchased this Corsair memory, which worked right away, and is very stable so far. You can use BIOS configurations to overclock it, but I am not sure if heatspreader is good enough for this. I looks like it is a plastic, not an aluminum as on Kingston. Anyway, very good memory

By dimgeoch - Jul 4, 2006