The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    16GB (8GB x2) DDR3-1333 Corsair memory for laptops - $119.99 Shipped

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 28, 2012.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    22,339
    Messages:
    36,639
    Likes Received:
    5,091
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 28, 2012
    #1
  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    4,879
    Messages:
    8,926
    Likes Received:
    4,707
    Trophy Points:
    431
    I had bought that kit from Fry's for my MBP, but one of the sticks failed a memory test. Probably just my rotten luck with Corsair stuff as no memory or SSDs I've bought from them has ever worked right or lasted more than a couple months.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 28, 2012
    #2
  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    22,339
    Messages:
    36,639
    Likes Received:
    5,091
    Trophy Points:
    931
    My luck with buying memory has been pretty bad in general. Over half the sticks I have bought in the last 4-5 years have failed memtest86+. :(

    I've learned to pony up and spend the extra $$ upfront to get the amount of memory I want from the notebook maker. Never had a failure with the stuff sent with the system.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 28, 2012
    #3
  4. jwolf7722

    jwolf7722 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    282
    Messages:
    881
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Almost jumped on this deal till I read some reviews. Seems many have had issues with failure or not working ram sticks.
     
    jwolf7722, Feb 28, 2012
    #4
  5. ray4jc

    ray4jc Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    1,413
    Messages:
    437
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    30
    don't tempt me i want this so bad :eek:
     
    ray4jc, Feb 28, 2012
    #5
  6. 5482741

    5482741 5482741

    Reputations:
    712
    Messages:
    1,530
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I bought two of these sticks for $85 each a few months ago from Fry's, I've had no issues with them.

    I've also messed around the the SPD, and added XMP to them with no problems.

    Nearly all of the bad reviews on Newegg seem to be from Macbook Pro users. Corsair has a "Mac" version of this RAM, so I assume this kit doesn't work well with MBP's.
     
    5482741, Feb 28, 2012
    #6
  7. Mexic00ls

    Mexic00ls Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    563
    Messages:
    857
    Likes Received:
    23
    Trophy Points:
    31
    same here i bought the kit a couple of months ago and they passed the memtests and have been working fine for me. i only have 1 small issue which doesnt cause me any problems, is the that the bios doesnt detect the ram it reads it as 2 sticks of 0gb, but inside windows and specs software everything reads fine
     
    Mexic00ls, Feb 28, 2012
    #7
  8. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

    Reputations:
    21,580
    Messages:
    35,370
    Likes Received:
    9,878
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Wow, that is bad luck. I've never had a laptop RAM go bad. Desktop a couple times, but never laptop. Although the RAM I did have go bad was promptly replaced with new stuff, most have lifetime warranty. I had original DDR replaced with brand new stuff by Kingston, just a year or so ago. I was impressed.

    Too bad though because manufacturers usually charge an arm and a leg anything more than what's stock, especially if you go for what's considered "large" amount of RAM (in this case 16GB).
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 28, 2012
    #8