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OCZ Technology OCZ2G8008GQ Desktop Memory
Customer Reviews for OCZ Gold 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G8008GQ - Retail
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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/9/2010 4:35:00 PM

Rating + 2 Poor QA


Pros: Fast memory
Relatively inexpensive per GB

Cons: One stick was dead within 2 weeks.

Other Thoughts: So, the real reason this is getting 2 eggs is due to OCZ's QA. See, I understand one bad stick of RAM, so I was more than happy to submit an RMA. Unfortunately I had to send back all four sticks but that was okay with me. About 2 weeks after initial RMA request they fulfilled the order with 2 kits of OCZ2P8004GK. Unfortunately, one of those sticks was DOA. So essentially, I am now RMAing a RMA.

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Akuma
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/25/2010 6:49:19 PM

Rating + 2 8 GB


Pros: -My OS was capable of handling the 8 GB. no problem.
-Took the heat off my GTX 275 (major pro)
-Looks nicely built

Cons: No difference from a generic 4 GB set.
Meaning: Same Windows Index score as a 4 GB set.

Other Thoughts: I installedit into my Windows 7 64 bit system no problem. everything was going good until it started making programs in my OS crash.
i reinstalled Win7. checked out the BIOS settings
I didn't expect it to be the RAM until i switched back to my old generic 4 GB set. i ran memtest and it got the blue screen. it was a major dissapointment...
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you are having difficulties. Doubling your memory load to 8gb puts additional stress on your memory controller, often requiring a few simple BIOS changes to achieve stability. Please visit our support forums at the link below and post in the memory section. We will assist you with settings to get you running properly. As a side note, the Window Index Score does not care if you have 4gb or 8gb installed, as this change has nothing to do with everyday system performance. The additional memory is helpful when running memory intensive apps, such as Photoshop, and some 3D games.
Thank you

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cubert
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/25/2010 9:44:07 AM

Rating + 5 killer upgrade


Pros: Matched DDR2-800 memory, good compatibility, fair price

Cons: None with the memory.

Other Thoughts: When I first installed this my Asus M3N-HT Deluxe/HDMI it wouldn't even POST. I was on the 2602 BIOS, so I upgraded to 2904. Then it would POST and gave me an error about the memory configuration being wrong and suggested I reset the BIOS to factory defaults. I did that and it worked like a champ. I have everything in BIOS set to Auto and it works perfectly now.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/22/2010 6:33:10 PM

Rating + 1 Incompatible!


Pros: Price was reasonable.

Cons: Would not run more than two sticks (4GB) in My Asus P5N-D mobo. It would boot with 4 (eventually) but Win 7 64 bit would freeze within a few mouse clicks.

Other Thoughts: I spoke with OCZ support and they gave me settings which differed from the settings recommended by their own support techs in various forums and the settings on the sticker. And yes, I did jack up the north brigde voltage to 1.5 volts to meet the higher demand of 4 - 2 gig sticks. Asus told me they don't recommend OCZ but their qualified vender list hasn't been updated since the mobo came out. They say it's the memory manufacturers job to test their own RAM in all the hundreds of boards out there.
In my humble opinion, that was my first and last OCZ purchase.
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the problem. For many older motherboards, 8gb of RAM proves to be difficult to run at higher speeds. Slowing your speed to 667mhz will probably allow you to run 8gb of memory, although we realize that is not what you expect. When older boards were built, 8gb of memory was seldom run, and rarely available in a kit that would hit 800mhz. As far as testing, we do test on many different platforms, but testing on every board ever produced is not possible.
Thank you

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NYC Tech
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/21/2010 2:54:47 PM

Rating + 4 Still on the Fence


Pros: Worked great for like 2 months then one stick went bad...OCZ Customer Service process was easy enough to get an RMA BUT you have to send all 4 Dimms back which sucks if you dont have a backup. Still working Great after replacement.

Cons: I have found that you have to manually set up your ram in the bios to get them to run at the advertised speed and spec.

Other Thoughts: I will never buy a quad kit again since there is no real benefit besides a price discount. It is DUAL channel there is no such thing as QUAD Channel so better off buying two DUAL channel kits so if a dimm goes bad you only have to send back the offending pair.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/20/2010 10:12:18 PM

Rating + 3 check for compatibility


Pros: if it worked sure it would be great

Cons: does not work with Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P, Ive checked their forums, tried numerous voltage and speed settings, evey memtest comes out clean, but every real use experience gives BSOD after about 30mins of running .

Other Thoughts: just wish it worked, bought 8gb ram that I have to return
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you have had problems with this memory on your board. 8gb is a large memory load, and this is likely related to the issues you are seeing. Please see the link below for setting suggestions, as they may help resolve your issues. If you would like some personalized help, please post in the memory section. We are happy to help.
Thank you

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Flatline
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/16/2010 1:06:37 PM

Rating + 5 The only ram I buy for my systems


Pros: I just ordered and installed this in my system I purchase from here last year. I had the same ram installed for a year now with 1gb chips times 4. I swapped it out for this 8gb set and installed the old 4gbs in my wife's new system I just purchased from here. Rock solid look forward to having this around for a long time.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: OCZ ram in my 3.4 single core 2X 1bg sticks still running great after 4+ years. I will never buy any ram other than OCZ for my systems.

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RTS_Austin
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
1/11/2010 3:26:59 PM

Rating + 5 Great ram though had trouble at first.


Pros: If you have a 64bit operating system then this will give you more ram than you know what to do with. Its fairly fast considering they are 2 gig sticks. OCZ technical support is absolutely amazing. Overclocks a little bit as well.

Cons: None does everything it says it will.

Other Thoughts: When I first installed it, my comp wouldn't boot but then OCZ technical support informed me that I should increase my RAM voltage to 2.1 which my MoBo had not done automatically for some reason. Now it works fine without a problem.

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Chakotay2
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/4/2010 8:18:01 PM

Rating + 1 Expected better


Pros: I love having 8 gig of ram

Cons: Wish it worked better. I have changed PSU's, Replaced MB multiple times, upgraded Bios, and have tried Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 (both 64 bit so I can use all the memory). Keep getting Memory Management BSODs. Contacted tech support and they have me running it at a different voltage and different timings than specified on the memory... still didn't work. SLOW RMA response and slow tech support response in the forum. Right now still waiting on RMA. Not real sure about OCZ after reading a few of the comments here.

Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the problem. You may be experiencing a delay due to the holidays. Your replacement kit should be sent to you shortly.
Thank you

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xrmarcis
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/27/2009 8:03:34 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Purchase


Pros: Never been disappointed with OCZ ram. Great product and excellent stock performance

Cons: None that i can see

Other Thoughts: Even though i'm running this ram in a Whitebox ESXi 4 server and don't care to overclock anything i'm sure it will handle a little tweak here and there.

Gets 5 eggs cause it does what they are suppose too. For those that push the product i would expect no less then a 4 rating as it was never intended to take what they are trying to do with this ram.

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TJ
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/4/2009 11:28:34 AM

Rating + 5 Works Great


Pros: 8 gigs, great for running Virtual machines or image editing.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: This kit was on sale for $80.00 when I got it, look at the price now!
Good tech support from OCZ. At one time I thought I had hardware probs, turns out XP Pro 64 bit was the prob. Win 7 x64 Ultimate is smokin fast and stable.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/6/2009 8:26:02 AM

Rating + 5 Solid memory for over a year and counting...


Pros: This RAM is solid, reliable memory. I have 8GB installed running in an Asus P5B-Plus, and have had no problems.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: The SPD timings wern't as good as the stated timings so I had to manually set them to 5-5-5-18 in the Bios. 5-5-5-15 works well too, but I havn't tried overclocking these any further than that.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/21/2009 5:20:05 PM

Rating + 5 Great Product


Pros: Great product. I bought 4 2GB sticks. OS startup was quicker as well as loading in-game maps/levels. Overall great performance upgrade.

Cons: They are snug on the motherboard but they do fit. Heat can be an issue in a poorly ventilated box. Be sure you have sufficient fans.

Other Thoughts: Great bang for the buck. Paid $159 for 8gb and got a flash drive (which I don't really use but cool anyway) The gold cooling plates make them look pretty slick if you have an open case.

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Pasow
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
10/12/2009 3:33:16 PM

Rating + 5 oh so good!


Pros: it is everything that i have ever looked for in RAM. large capacity, great speed, low price (at least it was when i bought it)

my windows 7 report has gone from a 5.2 on my ram (my previous 3GB of RAM) to a 7.1.

Cons: um... more like my case, it was a pain in the behind to install. hard drive enclosure right over the RAM slots. nothing negative about the RAM

Other Thoughts: system specks

Intel Cor2Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
OCZ Gold 8GB RAM
EVEGA Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 super-clocked
generic Intel MATX MOBO
CoolMaster 650Wat


this stuff actual improved my game performance by about 10%, pretty good for just a RAM upgrade!

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ProVega
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/26/2009 1:50:57 PM

Rating + 5 Works fine


Pros: Works just fine in our Dell Optiplex 745's

Cons: N/A

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progz
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/17/2009 9:22:54 PM

Rating + 5 Great!


Pros: Great Speed for the price! :) Everything works. No problems what so ever.

Cons: You just have to change the voltage rate in bios to 2.1 I believe. No biggie though, very simple to change.

Other Thoughts: I bought windows vista x64 to get my max memory limit (8gb) to work.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/8/2009 6:17:07 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: No trouble so far.

Cons: Hot

Manufacturer Response:Hello, memory temps can be affected by a few factors. Case ventilation and ambient temps can make a difference. Having cooler fresh air available can help the heatspreaders do their job. Higher voltages and tighter timings can also increase temps.
Thank you

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Dean
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/3/2009 6:15:41 AM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Works great. Had to set the timing a voltage in bios. Windows Vista 64 ULTIMATE without pagefile is FAST!!
Everything loads alot faster now.Gold heat sinks look cool.

Cons: Not really a con.Had to set timing and voltage manually.

Other Thoughts: You need a 64 bit OS to see all 8GB.( win xp 64-vista 64)Beware!!
ASUS M2N32-sli DELUXE,,AMD 5400+ @ 3 GIG,,WD 500GB,,True power 600W,,OCZ Gold 8GB,,EVGA 260 GTX Superclock

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Rookie
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/22/2009 7:47:23 AM

Rating + 5 Wow


Pros: Gold. Coolest looking memory on the market. Good price, especially for 8 gb! Burns through all the programs that I throw at it.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I'm running a Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 ghz with an evga geforce 9600 gt (overclocking)

This was my first custom computer build and I'm very satisfied with the memory!

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Wick
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/13/2009 2:01:11 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Memory! Wow!


Pros: OCZ rocks! Don't look past this product for all your PC needs.

Cons: N/A

Other Thoughts: OCZ good job! Nicely done. I'm a happy camper.

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DAN393
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/12/2009 8:40:03 PM

Rating + 5 Cheap


Pros: Pretty heatsinks, overclocks well, cheap.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Still seems to be the best bang for the buck if the Core 2 Duo is mentioned.

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Tim in PA
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/11/2009 7:11:57 AM

Rating + 5 Works


Pros: Looks nice - all shiny

Cons: Heat spreaders appear to almost touch each other when installed

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Evil Kaneval
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/11/2009 6:13:51 AM

Rating + 5 Fast, functional, beautiful.


Pros: - Works without any problems.
- Flawlessly runs with Windows 7, x64 - extraordinarly snappy perfromance.
- The gold adds class to my case.
- Using with: ASUS M4A78 PRO Mobo, AMD Phenom II X4 955 and EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260. Incredible combo.

Cons: - None, this is what you need.

Other Thoughts: When I purchased this my friend told me it was overkill but to me not having to ever worry about running out of memory is not overkill. I can do as much multitasking I want without worrying about cleaning up my tasks to free-up memory (I'll still do out of habit). Finally, my computer can keep up with me.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/7/2009 10:27:29 AM

Rating + 5 Good Upgrade for my HP


Pros: Full upgrade memory in one package at a good price plus gold always looks good in a computer.

Cons: Not a whole lot here.

Other Thoughts: I had a stick go bad after a couple of weeks but newegg came through with a new set. Since then it's been running like a champ. The gold actually does something because these things get WARM while running. I usually buy computers then upgrade them to where I want them. This time around I upgraded an HP a6700y pc. The memory made a HUGE difference in how fast it ran. Please note that if you are running a 32bit OS like XP or Vista, this would be overkill since they do not use anything more than a hair over 3GB of memory. If you have Vista 64 or XP 64 (I think) then go for it. I have yet to max out my memory usage after installing these.

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jpwild
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/5/2009 6:38:31 AM

Rating + 2 Went bad after 3 months


Pros: Good price, gold outside makes for easy handling

Cons: I bought one set of these, and about three months later, one stick went bad on me. Not the end of the world, but past the RMA time and now I'm stuck with a bad card. It took me forever to troubleshoot down the RAM problem, and I ended up buying a new HD because I thought that was the problem.

Other Thoughts: Expect one card to go bad at some point. It's still a good deal.
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you had a problem. While memory can fail, it is not uncommon for a kit to last beyond the lifetime of a system. No OCZ customer is ever stuck with bad memory. We have a lifetime warranty and will gladly replace your kit. Please visit the link below and create a support ticket to start the RMA process.
Thank you

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meat
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/29/2009 4:28:03 PM

Rating + 5 excellent value and performance


Pros: It...does what it's supposed to do. It stays out of the way and let's me crunch numbers.

Nothing but positive experiences with it - bought it along with a Phenom 9950 and a new Asus mobo from newegg, slapped it in, fired right up with no configuration or timing tweaks required.

Cons: None thus far. It's...memory, it doesn't flash pretty colors at you. If it's doing what it's supposed to do, your system simply functions with no glitches - and that's precisely what mine has done, function with no glitches.

Best of luck to anyone who does happen to hit a glitch, but I personally have not, and it's been winners all around thus far - and from what I've seen, excellent representation from OCZ on here, being quick to address problems cited in reviews. And before anyone makes the accusation, no, I don't work there, but I do come from a software house - so I both understand the value of, and very much appreciate, those who take pride in their brand name.

The pride shows in their product far as I can tell - again, winners all around with this one, even though I've yet to reach beyond 5GB consumption (4.3GB of which is cache - linux kernel innit!) what address space I *do* happen to touch goes through quickly, with no hiccups.

Other Thoughts: Even the heavy I/O of a number of ramdisks (compiler cache) hasn't managed to cause any hiccups. Thanks to OCZ for their excellent customer service (and newegg too, though that's a given!) and excellent product at an affordable cost.

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godin axe master
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/27/2009 9:20:54 AM

Rating + 5 solid deal


Pros: Reasonable price for those needing to up grade memory and are limited to a 800mhz( pc6400) motherboard bus.
Works well at rated settings and is a plug n play upgrade for the thosewith limited computer hardware knowledge. Here's your answer for win7 64 bit or ugh,,,vista 64 bit. It will definetly improve your performance in all areas. It can do some heavey duty multi tasking with this stuff and never run out of memory.

Cons: none. 8 gigs for approx $100,,, you can't go wrong

Other Thoughts: Make sure your motherboard supports 2gig modules in its ram slots, not all do, but the gigabyte socket 775 965p s3 that it was purchased for loves it.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/26/2009 5:57:33 PM

Rating + 5 great product


Pros: Great performance so far, haven't had any problems. Also, it looks cool as hell.

Cons: None so far.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/25/2009 7:35:52 PM

Rating + 5 memory


Pros: Installed in my quad core system works fine

Cons: no cons yet

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Zeppelinman
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/7/2009 9:18:01 PM

Rating + 5 Good stuff so far


Pros: Installed on a P5N-E with a Q6600.went in with no problem and is very stable. Ram looks sweet to :-)

Cons: It wasnot free

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slayer
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/2/2009 6:18:17 PM

Rating + 5 does well


Pros: works well good price nice timing all settings read rite on my board good brand

Cons: none

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glockar15
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/30/2009 4:16:10 AM

Rating + 5 money well spent


Pros: just got a new motherboard and this memory did not break the bank and they also work great not issues with them thus far.

Cons: none

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Rax
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/28/2009 9:46:38 AM

Rating + 5 NICE RAM


Pros: no problem on installation. just put it in and start the machine. upgraded from 2GB. everything runs A LOT smoother.

Cons: so far i dont see any.

Other Thoughts: just in case, for those who dont know, if you are using 32 bit windows. dont waste your money here. if you want to upgrade more than 4GB ram, you would need a 64-bit windows(vista or Xp, doesnt matter).

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Dennis H
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/26/2009 9:55:01 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Bought on sale. Works fine. Recognized by my Windows XP 64 bit

Cons: None

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ChillieD0g
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/26/2009 7:01:47 PM

Rating + 5 Awesome Dude!


Pros: Wow it put a 5.9 on the windows vista scale and i can tell the differance from 4gigs to 8 gigs i dont know how to overclock them but from what i see it does good now..though it would be nice if some could tell me how : ((

Cons: Nothing

Other Thoughts: Good sticks for the price reconnmend ed to some of my friends cuz its goood!
: Acer pc m1100

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Mike
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 4:49:27 PM

Rating + 5 Replacement for this RAM arrived and...


Pros: No issues whatsoever, RAM runs a LOT cooler, no BSODs! Actually, the OCZ2G8004GK kit is slightly quicker than this one,... which it replaced (strange, OCZ makes both, maybe it's just the fact they function so much better with the board too). The only difference I have found is voltage, 1.8 (or was it 1.9) volts as opposed to 2.1 volts; essentially the same chips.

Cons: Next time I will contact the memory manufacturer to see if it works with a mainboard not listed in their compatibility charts.

Other Thoughts: OCZ2G8004GK (two kits arrived). ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUE. I've noticed that the MSI Neo-F mainboard is no longer recommended for the OCZ2G8008GQ RAM, buy 2 OCZ2G8004GK kits with that mainboard and you will be fine!

THANKS FOR COMING THROUGH OCZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RoBot1ks
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2009 4:46:02 PM

Rating + 5 Works great


Pros: The ram looks great, it runs cool, and it was a great add to my computer build
I haven't tried to overclock the ram yet although it is able to sustain higher voltages.
If you are looking for this amount of ram but don't mind overclocking it, it's for you!

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Get it

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boyce010
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/20/2009 9:41:29 AM

Rating + 5 Good RAM


Pros: Works, fast, cheap. Worked right the first time that I installed it and i have not had any problems so far.

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: I got this w/ a free flash drive, the flash is a little slow, but what do you want for free.

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Mike
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/18/2009 11:35:52 PM

Rating + 1 Don't get with recommended Mainboard


Pros: None other than the price was right.

Cons: Did not function with the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P or the NE recommended MSI Neo-F mainboard. Unable to return the RAM so I had to go to the manufacturer. They are sending OCZ2G8004GK, a 4GB kit. I hope they send 8GB as that is what I initially purchased. OCZ has a good reputation so I am sure they will.

Other Thoughts: Upset because I ordered the mainboard the second time around which was recommended purchase on memory's information page on the NE site. Still didn't work, RAM crashed on several different boards and refused to complete a single full battery of tests when asked by the Tech Support at OCZ to run MemTest. Nothing else to say, just hope I get all 8GB I initially purchased and not a 4GB replacement. Will follow-up with results later...
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the problem and will take good care of you. You will get the correct 8gb of memory in exchange. If you have any question or concerns in the future, please visit our support forums at the link below.
Thank you

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#13 D. Limes
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2009 8:11:00 PM

Rating + 5 Good RAM


Pros: Heat spreader, gold 8GB package, good pricing. OCZ brand has always been good.

Cons: 6-6-6-18 timing in BIOs even though specs on here are 5-5-5-15. Adjusted to appropreate timing and still only a 4.9 Rating for RAM in Vista? My laptop w/ 4GB PC2 5300 gets 5.9. Weird, but not docking an egg for it

Other Thoughts: Wish it was 5.9 under Vista for me. Maybe I'm not doing something right.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/16/2009 11:37:18 PM

Rating + 3 Cheap, but does not conform to spec


Pros: Inexpensive for the size.
Can probably be made to work with proper supply voltage (needs 2.1V, and is not reliable with JEDEC standard voltage of 1.8V).

Cons: This memory requires a higher working voltage than the standard specifies. Manufacturers will usually do this to make marginal chips work, which is probably why the memory is cheap. However, that means that you need to manually configure your motherboard for this supply voltage, and that there is little to no overclocking potential (if that's important to you).

This memory comes up with 6-6-6-18 timings, not 5-5-5 as spec'd by OCZ. Memtest86+ detected errors with any 5-5-5 timings for me, even with VDIMM=2.2V. In fact, the memory would not run reliably until I used the default 6-6-6-18 timings and VDIMM=2.1V.

Other Thoughts: You're better off spending the extra $20 to buy DDR2 specified to run at 1.8V.
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for any misunderstanding that you had about voltage requirements for this memory. The specs tab on this Newegg product page clearly lists all specs including voltage. Overclocking 8gb of memory is extremely difficult, no matter the voltage or brand. The additional load on your memory controller is normally the limiting factor. We appreciate that you have a choice in the products you purchase.
Thank you

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Renee
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/3/2009 2:08:33 PM

Rating + 5 Excellent!


Pros: VERY stable and well made.

Cons: None at all.

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Fourson
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/1/2009 7:24:29 AM

Rating + 5 Pretty Good


Pros: Specs call out 5-5-5-15 and 2.1V, but it booted at 6-6-6-18 @ 1.8V on my P35-DQ6.

I set the timings to 5-5-5-15 and increased the voltage to 2.0. This increased Vista's memory score from 5.4 to 5.9.
I also synced my FSB to 400 MHz on my E6400 so the memory and processor would be 1:1. I dropped the mutliplier down from 8 to 6 which still gave me a small over clock, but I just wanted my memory synced.

Cons: Had to manually adjust the timings, but not all that upset about that.

Other Thoughts: I would try to over clock the ram and cpu more, but with 14 hard drives in my case, there is enough heat in there as it is.

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Gr8WhtNorth
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/31/2009 8:36:05 AM

Rating + 5 Shiny AND Functional


Pros: The range of operating parameters for this RAM means that I was able to configure it appropriately to work in my system.

And it looks nice.

Cons: None

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ash
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/29/2009 10:40:13 PM

Rating + 5 nice memory


Pros: no problem. works good.

Cons: little bit thick.

Other Thoughts: i'm runnig ubuntu 8.04 64bit with this memory. works great. no problems so far.

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Becca
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/29/2009 8:44:31 AM

Rating + 5 Nice


Pros: Looks good works great.

Cons: none

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Mike Molisani
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/28/2009 4:36:28 PM

Rating + 5 I now have an extra stick


Pros: Very fast, looks good, nice spreaders

Cons: It really is my fault but my rig doesn't accept 8 Gb so I have an extra stick left over

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Dr. Blaffle
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/21/2009 2:58:48 PM

Rating + 5 Testing


Pros: Looks good, machine booted on the first go round, runing mem test and Prime 95 stress test for tonight, will report tomorrow the condition of the RAM

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: OCZ, name brand, reliable, and looks good

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/19/2009 8:22:57 PM

Rating + 5 Works fine


Pros: Works great

Cons: None

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NC1890E
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/13/2009 10:12:04 AM

Rating + 5 Great Ram


Pros: Great Ram good price, has been running cool at stock 800 for 2 months now

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Other people mentioned dead sticks, all 4 of my sticks are functioning great

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Renee
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/13/2009 8:46:32 AM

Rating + 5 Good Product


Pros: Good quality, great price! What more can you say...

Cons: None

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Ebuychance
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/13/2009 6:25:53 AM

Rating + 1 Bad batch with OCZ tapdance


Pros: NONE unless you like being irritated.

Cons: The 'free' 8GB flash drive GIFT is a lie. Not free and most certainly not a gift for buying this junk since I have to return it with RMA or suffer the wraith of newegg! They want to charge me $17 for not returning my free gift!?

So I say it again "BAD BATCH" avoid at all costs. Too bad OCZ had to treat me like a NOOB - no more gold heat spreaders for me!

Other Thoughts: I have degrees in electrical / mechanical engineering and computer science when I was a kid the radio shack semiconductor reference guide was my best friend. The fact that OCZ is patronizing my last review and not stepping up to the FACT that this memory is defective is quite disturbing... just lost my business permanently with that last response. When someone lists a high technical understanding why would you further insult them with "did you plug it in duh" !?
Of course I trid different voltages! Bottom line: I bought 12 GB of memory in this order, a 8GB kit and a 4GB kit. OCZ2G8008GQ(1.9v) and OCZG8004GK(1.8v). The 4GB is fine ran memtest 2.11 all night No problem (even with stock mobo voltages).
As stated in last review the GQ sticks were failing in under 10 minutes at all the voltages supplied. I tried several times as my first thought was "4 sticks lets try to up the voltage"
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry if our response was upsetting to you. We try to treat everyone with respect, although the truth is that some customers simply don't set voltages correctly, have limited experience, and their problems are easily solved. We hope that our responses can be of help to other customer as well. If the memory you purchased is damaged, we will gladly replace it. Please visit the link below and create a support ticket to start the RMA process.
Thank you

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ebuychance
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/11/2009 7:51:33 AM

Rating + 1 Bad batch


Pros: free 8GB flash drive (sloooww drive).

Cons: Costs more than 2 - 4GB kits.
2 of 4 sticks failed in memtest 2.11 in under 10 minutes! This is a 50% failure rate and since I bought them together I cant keep the two good sticks. (Not sure I would want to at this point)

Other Thoughts: OCZ should really test their memory more vigorously! I can understand 1 of 4 sticks, but 2!? I should have bought 2 4GB kits instead (first instinct) but have never had an OCZ failure in the past and thought the flash drive was worth the $15 extra over the 2 x 4GB price... I was wrong and now I am stuck with only 5 GB of other unmatched memory I had on hand until I get replacements....

My two bits: "Don't waste your time - get 2 - 4GB kits"
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you have had problems. Please insure that you have set your memory voltage as shown on the label on each stick. Please visit our support forums at the link below and post for assistance if you have any further concerns.
Thank you

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Todd Owen
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/9/2009 5:55:52 PM

Rating + 5 Rock Solid


Pros: Great price and FAST

Cons: It's half what I paid last year, OOPs that's a pro!

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/9/2009 2:12:14 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Popped all four sticks in and they work like a charm. Voltaged changed automatically in my BIOS and were identfied with no DOA sticks.

Cons: there are no cons cause it all works.

Other Thoughts: Lots of people think about the looks of the ram(myself included), but after its installed....you only see the tops of them, and not the sides of the heat-spreaders. So looks arent everything.

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Kevin
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/4/2009 9:29:05 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Not much to say, it is what it is.

Cons: Will be outdated soon.

Other Thoughts: None

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
5/2/2009 9:43:50 AM

Rating + 5 Solid performace!


Pros: Works great!

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Great value.

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K-mart Shopper
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/27/2009 11:54:34 PM

Rating + 5 Great Memory


Pros: Inserted, booted up, works as it should.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Not much to say, a great deal.

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KarlAndreNYC
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/22/2009 9:01:54 AM

Rating + 5 Specs on New Egg Wrong


Pros: 8gb kit of Dual Channel pairs for a GREAT Price! So I will give it 5 eggs so far.

Cons: Hmm....I also purchased these because I believed they were 2.1 v as noted on specs on newegg....but now that I have them they are 1.9 v on the dimm label

Other Thoughts: I hope they work since MB calls for 2.1 v dimms but if they dont I think I can manually change the voltage to 1.9 in the bios and try again.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/18/2009 10:56:41 AM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Runs great with Asus m3a78-em mobo and amd phenom 9600

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: none

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Ed
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/13/2009 12:39:18 PM

Rating + 5 DIMM Order


Pros: 8 Gig worked great. Nothing else to say.

Cons: None

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mattorola7
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/13/2009 9:49:49 AM

Rating + 5 Great drives


Pros: No noise, super cool. Fast drives - no stuttering issues. OCZ forum is extremely helpful

Cons: The price dropped by at least 30 bucks the next day after I ordered a pair of them

Other Thoughts: Check hardware compatibility with hardware-based RAID cards. The problem you may run into is finding a hardware-based RAID card that will support these drives. I tried pairing 2 of these behind a 3ware 9690SA-4I-SGL PCI Express SATA / SAS Controller Card. While the drives were initially recognized and I made several successful arrays including RAID 0, 1 and JBOD...the 3Ware BIOS is not compatible with these drives. After writing to an array, the 3Ware BIOS freaks out and reports one of the drives is undetectable (despite nothing wrong with the drives whatsoever). I reverted to using the onboard Intel SATA RAID on my Dell Precision Workstation T3400. I benchmarked a Transfer Rate Average of 364.4 MB/sec with HDTune using a 128K stripe and 128K offset after aligning per OCZ forums. I'm happy enough with the performance of the Intel onboard RAID, but I've always run add-in hardware RAID.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/12/2009 8:20:18 AM

Rating + 5 Dirt-cheap RAM


Pros: It just works.

Cons: They're not 4GB per stick ;-)

Seriously for eighty bucks vs. four hundred bones for 16GB, how can you go wrong?!

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Era
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/7/2009 11:47:41 AM

Rating + 5 Looks pretty


Pros: Its quality RAM for a good price. 8 GB for the price is a steal.

Cons: Only scored 5.2 with all 8 Gigs in my system. I think that more of a Motherboard issue though.

Other Thoughts: Buy it.

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Phil
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/2/2009 6:44:29 PM

Rating + 5 Awesome


Pros: Best ram I've ever owned. I'm surprised my P5N-E sli runs so smoothly with all 4 dimms populated, since I've always had problems before on vista x86 trying to run other ram.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I didn't have to change a single bios setting as far as the voltage and I set the timings to 5-5-5-12 1t and it booted up perfectly the first time.

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tiHugh
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/2/2009 5:29:39 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: So good, feels like I'm using a server @ work.

Cons: No issues here.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/1/2009 8:41:28 AM

Rating + 5 Wow again.


Pros: Runs fast, can OC, but not sure how far yet. More ram then you may know what to do with. I've already disabled my page file with no issues.

Cons: Doesn't work on Intel x975 Chipset.
Works on nForce 750a SLI perfectly.

Other Thoughts: 5-5-5-15

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Michael
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/27/2009 10:27:47 AM

Rating + 5 Windows rated at 5.9


Pros: These look so awesome. With my cool looking heatsink (CPU COOLER XIGMATEK|HDT-S1283) and my motherboard all looking so good together, I had a handyman cut the side panel of my case and had him place a plexiglas window over it. My Vista 64bit OS had no problems with this set up. It rates it at 5.9.

Cons: NO cons!

Other Thoughts: I spent hours over days searching for the best parts for my money. I'm glad I chose these RAM modules.

Motherboard: MB GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R P45 775 R
Processor: CPU INTEL|C2D E8500 3.16G 775 45N R
Graphics Card: VGA EVGA 512-P3-N944-LR 9400GT 512M
Harddrive: HD 640G|WD 7K 16M WD6400AAKS
CDROM: DVD BURN SAMSUNG|SH-S223Q LS
Operating System: MS WIN VISTA HM PREM SP1 64BIT
Heatsink: CPU COOLER XIGMATEK|HDT-S1283
Case: CASE ROSEWILL|R901-P BK
Power Supply: PSU ROSEWILL|RG630-2 RT

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Bond8089
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/21/2009 12:16:28 PM

Rating + 5 Perfect for Vista x64


Pros: Fast (5.9 vista rating), Massive (allows for you to turn off paging in vista x64), beautiful (nice gold heatsinks).

Cons: Nada

Other Thoughts: If you want a quick machine, get these, run Vista x64, turn off paging, and be amazed by how snappy your machine will be!!

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themadgamer
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/18/2009 10:26:49 AM

Rating + 5 Best Memory


Pros: I just upgraded to this memory It is by far the best ddr2 you can get its shiny gold makes my mobo look like a cadilac !

Cons: Could use more heat synk

Other Thoughts: when im done using it im going to pawn it off and make a nice necklace ^^

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jlc3
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/9/2009 10:51:38 PM

Rating + 5 Great ram for vista ultimate


Pros: Fast, quick, and works great with Vista Ultimate x64.

Cons: None I can think of.

Other Thoughts: I Turned off paging files and the system still runs great.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/8/2009 10:36:59 AM

Rating + 5 Performance


Pros: Runs like it should. all i got to say bout it is performance
loads faster and runs more stable than any mem ive tested. it is the best of the best in my book and i tested like 7 other brands trying to find the best this is it.

Cons: Runs a bid on the hot side.

Other Thoughts: none

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/5/2009 10:51:00 PM

Rating + 5 Get the good stuff


Pros: no dead sticks of ram causing problems. worked great with my motherboard!

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: wish it had a better heat sink design.

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SCSsystems
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/4/2009 5:04:08 PM

Rating + 5 Great Value


Pros: I have purchased pc6400 chip sets from 4g to 8g matched made by OCZ and have had nothing but great results. I build HTPC's for retail and this is by far my #1 choice for memory at this time. A few weeks ago I purchased memory by one of the OLD time leaders (C) and it was a dissapointment. Unless someone can prove to me that there is something better out there this will be my choice for some time to come.

Cons: None at all

Other Thoughts: Can't think of any way to make this better. Works perfect EVERY time.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/3/2009 7:05:59 PM

Rating + 3


Pros: fast improved my vista system rating score by 1.0,

Cons: gave me a lot of problems at first, finally diagnosed that one of the sticks was bad the three that work, work great.

Other Thoughts: could have sent it back for a replacement but then I would be with out my comp for another 2 weeks 6 gig is plenty for now
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are pleased that this memory is working out well for you. We would be happy to replace your kit at any time. Please visit the link below and create a support ticket to start the RMA process.
Thank you

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/3/2009 10:01:15 AM

Rating + 5 Great price, works as expected


Pros: Great price, worked in my Gigabyte 965P DQ6. Haven't tried overclocking it yet, but it has a 1.9v rating @ 800MHz so I'm not really concerned about it working.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Replaced my 2x1GB XMS2. Vista 32-bit also picked up all 4GB possible even though I have an 8800 GTS in there. Very happy.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/2/2009 6:15:59 PM

Rating + 5 No problems


Pros: Dropped them in and worked as advertised

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Would buy OCZ again any day

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TS
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/2/2009 2:23:50 PM

Rating + 5 Good Stuff!


Pros: Split the set up between a couple computers running Vista and they are running great. Solidly built. Arrived on time.

Cons: Kinda spendy, but hey. What can you expect for 8 GB.

Other Thoughts: No problems whatsoever once I got them installed (were a bit of a tight fit due to the case). They were also a little hard to get out of their holders, but that I suppose is a good thing when it comes to shipping.

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mmartini
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/2/2009 11:54:30 AM

Rating + 5 works


Pros: unless its DOA, 8 gig of ram for under 100 bucks is a steal. Works fine.

Cons: none yet.

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Ultra
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/2/2009 4:57:57 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome!


Pros: Well, they worked. Initially I purchased the 4 GB HyperX memory from Kingston. Only one of those worked, and so I had to run my new machine on only 2 GB while i waited for something else to come, or RMA the 4 i had and have a $1000 paperweight while i waited for the replacement. This stuff worked great right out of the box.

Cons: The heat spreaders are a little odd, as they are not closed over the top like most, and the gold didn;t really work with the color scheme i was trying to acheive, but oh well.

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DJTJ1216
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/26/2009 3:05:17 PM

Rating + 4 Good Buy


Pros: It works, and its fast

Cons: Not gold, looks platinum,..lol...no matter

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diditforthelulz
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/26/2009 1:13:24 PM

Rating + 5 Fantastic Kit!


Pros: Fast, Cheap, Gold ( Not real though *sad face*) It bumped my Windows Experince Index to 5.3, What can I say, it's Ram.

Cons: Not Really a Con, but for me it defaulted to 1.8v. Had to bump it to 2.1v, but, HARDLY a con.

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thepnub
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/26/2009 11:09:01 AM

Rating + 5 Out Right Awesome!


Pros: Great product for the price. Very tweekable for you techies. But also great right out of thebox for an upgrade!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Buy it now!

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icemanauto
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/23/2009 6:21:09 AM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: works great out the sytem togeather a week ago and booted right up, and gamed hard on it nothing smooth

Cons: none yet

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/19/2009 11:45:32 AM

Rating + 5 Definitely worth the money!


Pros: Works like a charm. Installed and turned on the computer and was ready to go!!

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Installed these in my HP pavilion and they are wonderful! If they dont work then its probably your computer's fault...lol

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afsigma21
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/19/2009 7:43:32 AM

Rating + 5 worked like a champ


Pros: 8 gigs = fast Vista 64bit. No issues on install, paired with an ASRock mobo 780G.

Cons: I dont like the heatsink color, gold did not match my other component hardware very well. But really, is this a reasonable con? NO

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/12/2009 8:36:13 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome


Pros: 8 Gigs of 5-5-5-15 Ram.
Gold shiny Heatsinks so it looks sexy :)

Cons: You dont have em?

Other Thoughts: I was nervous at first I own a Hp m9040n and the motherboard is a Asus something, and like i was super nervous to upgrade cause of the voltage was set to 2.1 but i just put them in last night and so nice. Boots up very quickly takes like what 10 sec to fully load Vista!! MSCONFIG is your freind btw :). Its a must have for any Vista 64-Bit User!!!

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skru_luse
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/9/2009 8:21:32 PM

Rating + 5 good to me


Pros: upgraded from 4gb 5300 to 8gb 6400(headed toward 8 gb1066,Phenom quad core)No problems,running stock timings.My graphics score went up by .5 on vista 64

Cons: none as of yet

Other Thoughts: m3a78-em mobo,8 g ddr2,160-250 g hdd,amd 5600+,dual dvd/rw

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JD
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/9/2009 11:51:04 AM

Rating + 1 OCZ is sad face.


Pros: 8GB Perfect for running server 08

Cons: Don't work with p5n32-SLI Deluxe. It will fool you into thinking that it does work when computer boots. Then you click on my computer and it takes 20 mins, if it dont blue screen first. I was really disappointed with OCZ this time. I have there 32 gig flash drive and it was the best drive that I have ever owned. I was hoping that their RAM would be the same. A similar model RAM is on my QVL in my manual. I have tried both auto and manual voltage settings with little success. This was an RMA transaction.

Other Thoughts: I am hoping that newegg will allow me to get a different set of ram. I have 2gb of the Corsair 6400C ram it works great I just cant have allot of things going at the same time. I will look at getting an 6 or 8 gig kit of Corsair. I read the OCZ forums and did not get much out of it. Maybe I can get a manufacturer response?
Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you are having difficulties. Loading a motherboard with 8gb of RAM puts a much larger strain on your memory controller than 2gb would, and you will need to make some specific BIOS changes to achieve stability. Before deciding to exchange this memory, please visit our support forums and post for some personalized assistance. We have a great group of techs that should be able to get you running in quick fashion.
Thank you

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Gramps
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/8/2009 9:40:54 PM

Rating + 5 Awesomely Fast...


Pros: Fast, it is 8gb...I like the Gold.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Wolfdale 3.33GHz processor with Windows XP Pro x64. And with this much ram I very seldom wait for my computer I am totally pleased. I use it with Photoshop and it's faster than anything I've ever used. Very pleased...

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falchard
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/3/2009 9:48:45 PM

Rating + 5 Not they typical quad kit


Pros: My system booted, its running above frequency, and it doesn't obstruct my huge CPU cooler. Very different from other Quad kits. Especially when filling all 4 dimms at their maximum supported memory.

Cons: The heatsinks aren't real gold. ; ( I was hoping to melt them and make alot of money.

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coliwabl
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/2/2009 12:35:29 PM

Rating + 5 NewEgg Support Helps with OCZ Rebate


Pros: Memory works as described

Cons: Problems with rebate

Other Thoughts: Thanks to NewEgg's customer service, the rebate problem has been resolved. THANK YOU NewEgg!!!!!

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/17/2009 1:37:33 PM

Rating + 4 Had to RMA


Pros: 8GB. Nice. I did have to RMA the first kit (read below).

Cons: The first kit I received I had to RMA. I was seeing random blue screens, odd system behavior, app crashes etc. I ran memtest86 over night and it found lots of errors reported. ;(

RAM does not overclock very well at all. Plan on using it at the stock 800Mhz speed.

Make sure you use a 64bit OS or you won't be able to use all the RAM. I'm running Vista 64bit edition and it works quite well.

Other Thoughts: Make sure you run memtest86 or another tester to confirm you have good modules!!!

Timimg I use (and what the vendor says on their website) are 5,5,5,15.

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busk
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/14/2009 3:48:47 PM

Rating + 4 8gb DDR400 F.T.W.


Pros: Nice package, all of the chips worked. Vista64 w/ 8gb of ram is nice!

Heat spreaders aren't too big, the fit snugly but didn't have to force anything.

Cons: Had to manually adjust my memory timings and voltage to get things working at all. The retail box does not list suggested timings or voltage anywhere. Not a huge bother but there are no notes on the package that would tell someone less savvy what to do.

I was aware of the issue before taking my machine down because I had about a week to research the ram (see other thoughts) and read the OCZ forums for problems that others had run into with these chips.

Mobo: Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe. I ended up running 1.9v and 5-5-5-15 timings and things are stable.

Other Thoughts: NewEgg TN warehouse needs to get their heads in the game.

I ordered a new motherboard, processor, ram and a BR/HDDVD drive for a media system on 1/6. Ipaid the extra fee to rush the order. The TN office didn't even provide the billing scan until 1/8, and it was picked up the morning of 1/9. I didn't get the package until 1/13 due to the weekend. WHY does the TN warehouse take 48+ hours to ship out a package that has paid for a rush delivery?! NewEgg, I love you but next time I order something and see it will be coming from the TN office I will be tempted to just order from another supplier.

I had my items that shipped from CA in my house, installed before TN even tagged their box. Quite pathetic and very annoying for the consumer. NE you can do better and I expect it!

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Indiana
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/25/2008 11:34:54 PM

Rating + 3 Meh


Pros: Looks cool, works as advertised.

Cons: only 3 of the 4 sticks worked in my computer at anyone time.

Other Thoughts: You really don't need more that four GBs in a system given the current demand from applications.
Manufacturer Response:Hello,, please visit our support forums at the link below for help with settings for your system. We should be able to help you get all 4 sticks running.
Thank you

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SludgeMunkey
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/13/2008 3:17:52 PM

Rating + 5 Excellent


Pros: Does what it is supposed to do. Its everything you would expect from OCZ. Designed to overclock if you so desire, handles higher voltages no problem.

Cons: None really, although I am not a fan of the gold color on the heat spreaders. But, lets faces it, who cares what a RAM module looks like?

Other Thoughts: Pop and swapped with my Corsair. Running Vista Home Premium 64x edition. Scores a 5.9 on Vista.

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Kid
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/11/2008 1:22:54 PM

Rating + 5 TOTALLY AWESOME!!!


Pros: WOW!!! 8 gigs of super fast RAM for 100 bucks!!! OH MAN YOU CANNOT BEAT THIS!!!

THis is really fast RAM, it is also ideal for overclocking because of the Gold heat sinks. I have been using RAM for many, many years, back when 16K costed 50 bucks. In all my years, I have never seen RAM with heat sinks on it. I did not think the RAM would fit in the board because of the heat sinks, they are fat little chips. However, everything fit fine.

I am not overclocking anything, its just not my style.

This allowed me to run Vista x64 and I turned off my page file completely so there is no disk activity once up and running. Everything is loaded into RAM and I still have nearly 7 gigs free to do whatever is needed.

Cons: The only Con is that I cannot get 8 gig chips for the same price!

Other Thoughts: I run a full screen game on my first monitor while running a full screen DVD in Media Player on my second monitor. I will have email open, web browsers and more, it all works like a champ!!

GO NEW EGG!!!!

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MarkS
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/26/2008 7:49:50 PM

Rating + 5 Just an update to my previous review...


Pros: N/A

Cons: N/A

Other Thoughts: I was finally able to get my system stable with all four sticks installed. It required setting the memory timings manually in the BIOS as well as increasing the NB voltage. More work than should be necessary for non-overclocked RAM, so my original comment about using caution with older motherboards still applies.

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MarkS
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/24/2008 4:56:24 AM

Rating + 5 Use caution with older motherboards...


Pros: 8GB and cheap!

Cons: Requires 2.1v to run optimally and not compatible with all motherboards (ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium for example).

Other Thoughts: I did not do the necessary research when I bought these. While my system did detect them, they caused some rather serious stability issues. Make sure they are compatible with your motherboard before purchase. They *probably* will not be compatible with older motherboards. I have the P5N32-SLI Premium (590i chipset) and they clearly do not work on it. Absolutely not the fault of the RAM though.

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Wilkinism
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/22/2008 6:23:53 AM

Rating + 4 Great Deal for 64-bit Systems


Pros: • Twice as much memory as is possible with 32-bit
• Above average clock speed
• Very low price
• Straightforward installation
• Innovative & attractive heat spreader

Cons: • Dropped my Windows Experience rating for memory from 5.8 to 5.6

Other Thoughts: My motherboard supports = 8GB DDR2 800 so I wanted to max it out while prices are through the floor.
I was nervous about installing this kit because I had read about incompatibilities between OCZ and my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 R1). I made sure the BIOS was current, swapped the kit, and done. No settings to tweak or anything.
My only discrepancy is that previously I had a generic 2GB DDR2 800 kit which returned a Windows Experience rating of 5.8. This 'performance' kit with quadruple capacity returned a rating of 5.6. I assume this is either because my motherboard doesn't support the recommended voltage (2.1 recommended by OCZ, 1.8 supported by mobo), the memory latency, or some combination.
Regardless, the system overall seems dramatically more responsive. SuperFetch in Vista definitely knows what to do with all that extra capacity. I would highly recommend this kit to anyone on a budget looking to take their 64-bit system up a notch.

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