Corsair Dominator DDR2 4GB PC2-8500 Memory Kit Review

Final Thoughts and Conclusion

So what is there left to say about the Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2-8500 RAM Kit? Well there isn’t anything new. At this point it’s easy to draw the conclusion that this is one of the best 4GB kits you are going to find on the market in its price range. There are some short comings, but they are mostly related to the accessories and not so much the modules themselves.

The Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2-8500 RAM Kit has a lot to offer to the power user and enthusiast. For a 4GB kit, it runs at a high frequency with at least decent timings. There is some overclocking room still, and a good tweaker should be able to eek a bit more performance out of these chips. The performance backs up these claims, nearly matching the performance of a better spec’d 2GB kit in every test. With all that in mind, being able to get this kit for less then $150 is like the cherry on top.

The AirFlow fan attachment is a nice add-on, but it isn’t without its quirks. The biggest of which is that the clips may not hold the fan on securely enough, especially during transport. Hopefully this is a problem limited to my test set and not indicative of other kits. The second biggest is the DHX cooling system, whose heatsinks may interfere with large CPU coolers. Other then that, the other gripes I have are just opposites to the positives, and only serve as a way to be contradictory. In other words, I’m really having to try hard here to come up with criticism.

In the end, the Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2-8500 RAM Kit is pretty well what I would recommend looking for in a solid 4GB dual channel memory kit. Its performance, stability and features make it desirable for all but the most hardcore of tweakers. That’s ok though, cause they’ll be spending twice as much for their boutique kits. This Corsair kit is the people’s RAM; just toss it in and enjoy.

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