Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866MHz C9 Review

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Well fellow readers just 30 minutes ago a UPS man delivered the replacement Vengeance modules. Are they any good? Absolutely not. This replacement kit is actually WORSE than the kit I sent away. At least the old kit could load Windows @ 1866 9-9-9-25 1T 1.65v, this replacement kit BSODs instantly after putting in my password at the login screen with 9-9-9-25 1T timings @ 1866 1.65v. Less voltage just results in the system failing to POST, period. If this isn't bad enough I've simply been sent another Rev. 8.16 kit despite Corsair knowing the problem and me being told it would be probable the kit would be replaced with a Rev. 5.11 kit. Before I consider using my .177 on this utter failure of a product I will try 8-10-8-25 1T timings @ 1866 1.6v-1.65v and see what the Corsair guy who contacted me in the beginning has to say.

Again I will reiterate, right now for just a extra £20 or so you are FAR better off with a 4x4GB kit of G.Skill Ripjaws. This Vengeance kit is far more trouble than its worth, I'm not going to spend a single penny more on RMAs. This is Corsairs problem to sort out, not at my financial expense.

Ed - Forget these Vengeance memory modules, even 8-10-8-25 1T @ 1866 1.65v BSODs. Never in my life have I used such a piss-poor product.

ED 2 - and here is the PM I've just sent to our Mr. Corsair man.

I've just got the replacement Vengeance kit and this replacement kit is absolutely atrocious. Once again I tried 9-9-9-25 1N timings @ 1866 1.65v and the system just BSODs at the login screen. I can't even get into Windows like I could with the previous kit. Lower voltages just result in the system failing to POST, period. I also didn't get a Rev. 5.11 kit, just another Rev. 8.16 kit. To be honest, I'm getting tired of being sent sub-standard memory. For the same money I've now spent on this terrible memory I could of got a kit of the most stellar G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH. I want something done about this situation, immediately. I'm not spending a single penny more in RMA costs on a product that quite frankly, is the worst product I've ever had the displeasure of testing.