Corsair 8GB 1600MHz C9 DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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252 words · ~1 min read
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so we've got our first I5 ready RAM kit
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it's the Corsair xms3 cmx 8gx 3M
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whatever okay their part numbers are just getting kind of ridiculous but
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basically this is an 8 gig dual Channel
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DDR3 RAM kit it runs at 1600
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MHz uh C9 latency you can see there was a piece of tape sealing it up so
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basically Inside the Box we find Corsair's brand new redesigned uh XMS 3
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Heat spreader so let's actually let's take these all out so you can see what
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we have here is four matched dims so
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this kit is designed to run 8 gigs of DDR3 memory without any hassle at the
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advertised rated speed so 1.65 volts
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1600 MHz 99924 and it is an 8 gig kit so if I can
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get the camera to have a look at the at the writing on there so let's take one
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of these out and have a look at these uh brand new redesigned heat spreaders
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they've lost the purple color and instead they've gone with kind of a dark
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blue and you can see that on the top of the RAM there's actually uh like a shiny
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three stripes which looks really really sharp and let's just flip that over so
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you can see on the other side it's a little bit more plain very stylish
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looking so there you have it Corsair's first I5 ready DDR3 RAM kit