ram problem or bad luck?

P4Clock · 8 Jun 2014 at 14:00

i have just finished running memtest again and found i have now had 5 sticks of corsair vengeance that are bad in 2 weeks.

i have used 3 shops so it cant be a bad batch. in 2 weeks i have had 6 sticks and only 1 as passed memtest. the worst had 6500+ errors, and the one i have just boxed up had 28. the error confidence value on all sticks as been over 200, with memtest saying anything over 100 is a 99.9% chance of been bad ram.

i guess my question is have i had bad luck or do i now buy a different ram vendor, the vengeance look fantastic in my my system, i have a lot of corsair products that are fantastic, but my experience with the ram is bad.

all sticks have been 4gb 1600mhz 9,9,9,24

snips86x · 8 Jun 2014 at 14:03

There is no indication it isn't a bad batch, that may well be what you've bought. Have you tested in another machine? I know it won't really make a difference, but at least you've got some form of clarity.

Other than that, send it back!

wazza300 · 8 Jun 2014 at 14:03

doesn't matter what they looklike aslong as they do the job

what dram voltage did you run them at? could try another batch or try teamgroup ram? they seem to offer good value for money

I had one set of vengeance they were ok but you could tell they were budget memory

P4Clock · 8 Jun 2014 at 15:15

wazza300 said:
doesn't matter what they looklike aslong as they do the job

what dram voltage did you run them at? could try another batch or try teamgroup ram? they seem to offer good value for money

I had one set of vengeance they were ok but you could tell they were budget memory

had them at XMP 1600mhz 9 9 9 24 1.5v
I never OC ram so it cant be that ever.

wazza300 · 8 Jun 2014 at 15:26

try with 1.55v dram voltage and see if errors still crop up in memtest

P4Clock · 8 Jun 2014 at 15:35

wazza300 said:
try with 1.55v dram voltage and see if errors still crop up in memtest

Worth a try, i will srat test tonight to give it 8 pass's