Memtest confirms faulty memory :(

[pumaz]

I bought 2 x 8GB corsair vengeance LP (Cml8gx3m1a1600c9) just before Christmas from a competitor for my rig (sig)

Recently I installed Crysis 3 beta and this has been giving me random BSOD's after allot of googling and testing I managed to narrow it down to memory. I tested each of the 8GB sticks in slot one with memtest+ the result one stick gives me 1000's of errors and the other none.

I know it's going to take a while to RMA the memory back to corsair in the us and I was really looking forward to gaming on the new Aliens colonial marines, crysis 3 and BF3. Will I see a sizeable performance drop only using one 8GB stick on one channel?

Also considering just buying another stick then selling it once I've received my RMA replacement!

 

[pumaz]

Got a new stick of ram being delivered tomorrow

Been playing Crysis 3 all night on just the one 8GB stick and tbh I didn't notice any difference! Although if I went to the trouble of benching etc. there would be.

A wicked thought crossed my mind of just returning the faulty stick in the new sticks box as there all from the same competitor but then I'd feel guilty and worry about being caught out!!!