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OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK DDR3 PC3-12800 1600 MHz Gold XTC 6GB Triple Channel Kits

3.1 3.1 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
Brand OCZ
Computer Memory Size 2 GB
RAM Memory Technology DDR3
Memory Speed 1600 MHz
Special Feature Lightweight

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PC3-12800 DDR3 GOLD 1600MHZ TRIPLE-CHANNEL 6GB (3 x 2GB) KIT 8-8-8-24 Z3 XTC HEATSPREADER 240 PIN DIMM

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3.1 out of 5 stars
3.1 out of 5
23 global ratings

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Customers like the quality, value, and timings of the internal memory. They mention that it's an awesome RAM, it'll match your existing memory, and that it has good timings. That said, opinions are mixed on performance.

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7 customers mention6 positive1 negative

Customers like the quality of the internal memory. They mention that it's awesome, great, and fast overclocable memory for cheap. Some say that it matched their existing memory and is excellent for new or seasoned users.

"Just what I was looking for, matched my existing memory. Installed and tested fine and is running as I type this weeks later...." Read more

"Awesome RAM if you know you have to set the settings manually..." Read more

"Great memory..." Read more

"Excellent DDR3 for the New or Seasoned User..." Read more

6 customers mention6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the memory. They say it's good ram for the price, and the cheapest yet best memory you can get for gaming. They also like the good timings and the lifetime warranty.

"...Great price, packaging what more could one ask for?" Read more

"Pros: Cheap, good timings, lifetime warranty...." Read more

"The price was right. But that's where it ends. I got two kits and both had defective DIMMs in them (3 out of 6 DIMMs were bad)...." Read more

"Stable @ 1600 8-8-8-24 @ 1.64v, the price is great in range with 1333 ram, too bad I Couldn't run it on 1800" Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the timing of the internal memory. They mention that it has good timings, is fast, and stable. Some say that no timings or voltage needs to be changed.

"Pros: Cheap, good timings, lifetime warranty...." Read more

"...No timings or voltage needed change, except for VTT which I decreased to +75mV from +125mV. My stable BCLK using Auto vcore went up from 192 to..." Read more

"Fast and Stable 6GBs DDR3 1600 triple channel.Memory booted up without any problem on my p6t deluxe mobo at 1600 mhz @ 8.8.8.24 with only 1.6 v." Read more

14 customers mention7 positive7 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the internal memory. Some mention that the computer runs fine with the memory, while others say that it fails outright.

"Seems to be working well. Thanks." Read more

"...it, never having seen such a thing before, but the RAM was crashing the new computer at its base settings of EVERYTHING on Automatic in BIOS, RAM at..." Read more

"...Solid as a rock and have never had any issues." Read more

"...2 can boot under 7-7-7-24, but show a lot of errors in MemTest;1 just fine.The test is all done by recommended settings...." Read more

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Peter Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I was looking for
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2016
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Just what I was looking for, matched my existing memory. Installed and tested fine and is running as I type this weeks later. Great price, packaging what more could one ask for?
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Wavey Davey
1.0 out of 5 stars This RAM Sucks Eggs BIGTIME! Could NOT Get It To Work in Core i7 920 OEM PC!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2010
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This RAM was the biggest waste of time I've not had the pleasure of dealing with since I started buying RAM, and that's a long, long time ago...like 25 years or more worth of quality RAM buying for IBM, MS, Mac/Apple, and now OEM builds aplenty in the past 4 years. I am an expert builder, and can put together anything the customer or I need to get done, from an HTPC to an exotic Dual QUAD/SEXTET Core CPU-equipped server, complete with RAID assemblies, exotic hardware RAID controllers by FirmTek, Areca, Adaptec, whatever is necessary I'll do it, so please don't taint this review by saying "a NB must have written this, because OCZ RAM is great stuff..."...when that is hardly the case.

I tried two different batches of this RAM in my latest OEM PC build for a client that needed a fast, reliable FAHome server and multi-media PC, and I built it up out of an EVGA Classified BL-141-E760-X58-A1 Motherboard, an EVGA GTX-285 SuperClocked 1GB DDR3 Graphics Card, a real nice Corsair HX750 Professional PSU, a couple WD "Black" 1TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM HD's in a fast AHCI RAID "0" boot system, running Windows HP 64-bit, all stacked inside a lovely Cooler Master black/chrome accented CM 690II "Advanced" ATX Mid-Tower case, that had a surprising amount of room inside to work with.

The case accommodated 5 Scythe Kaze-Jyuni 120mmx25mm 1900RPM 110CFM high-capacity cooling fans, plus the front single Cooler Master 140mmx38mm LED (Blue LED, really nice!) intake fan, so the build is running plenty of cooling power for the Core i7 920 CPU which is overclocked to 4210Mhz (4.2Ghz) *ON AIR* only, the cooler being a Prolimatech Megahalems Version II, with twin Scythe KJ fans in the classic "Push/Pull" arrangement to vacate any hot air in a second or two...and it runs very, very cool, at 100% Load I am getting only 57-64-degrees Celsius out of all 4 Cores (8 hyperthreaded Cores), so the build is pristine, efficient, and the fans are doing their job.

All I wanted was a set of RAM that could work at its rated Mhz, and this stuff failed outright, both kits, no matter which settings in BIOS I picked, chose, and tried. Finally, although I never usually resort to this, I called Tech Support at OCZ, desperate to find a solution to the problem I was experiencing with this RAM, and that was error after error after error at ANY Mhz! I even had errors during the OS installation! I couldn't believe it, never having seen such a thing before, but the RAM was crashing the new computer at its base settings of EVERYTHING on Automatic in BIOS, RAM at default, and only 2.67Ghz speed, and yet I had to restart and re-do the OS install three times before I could get a full boot out of the RAM so the OS could complete and install! Crazy!

I call OCZ Tech Support, and check out my settings for a mere 4Ghz speed, just for grins I was trying an "intermediate speed" to see if I could get the RAM stable, and even then the computer would boot all right, no problem, but within 15 minutes at 100% Load in any test sequence, be it PRIME95, LinX 0.6.3, OCCT CPU Test, or even a Folding@Home Work Unit, the computer would outright freeze solid, without even giving me a DUMP File in Windows/System32/Dumps to work with, so I could find out the exact cause of the failure... no, it would not even let the OS run a file dump it would simply CRASH, freeze, and nothing, no trace whatsoever of the problem.

All OCZ Tech Support told me to do was to make certain that the RAM was at "8-8-8" Clocks and "2T" Timing, everything else on Automatic in BIOS, for RAM, with the VDIMM set @ 1.65V, which I of course had already done, and that was supposed to be the working setup with the RAM. But no, it failed time after time, and even those settings from OCZ Tech Support failed. I asked the guy what he thought if I told him that I just had two different batches of the RAM turn out FAILURES, and ERROR MODE every time I put the computer on Load, and he meekly said, "Send it in, we'll RMA it and send you back some tested, good RAM, so you can be sure it's good."

I told him I didn't have time for that scene, and that I was simply shocked that OCZ would put their name on a product that BAD, that failure-prone, and that I would be returning it to the retailer for a REFUND immediately. What a WASTE of my time!

Ah-Hah, you say, what if it was something else that caused the problem and not the RAM? Well I covered that 100%, because as soon as I installed a known good set of RAM, a G. Skill 6GB "kit" from my own OEM PC build which has two of the same "kits" in it for 12GB running RAM, well guess what? Right! The computer runs fine, perfect in fact, and I am letting the customer use my RAM until I get him another set of the G. Skill RAM handled from another supplier, not Amazon.com, and run perfect it does, right now! And at 4.2Ghz not 4Ghz!

So not only did one set fail to work, I had Amazon.com send a 2nd batch to try and see if it was simply a problem with the 1st set, and BAM! Deja Vu all over again, the 2nd set of the same RAM did the exact same thing the 1st batch did, it froze the computer upon 100% Load at any setting, not just overclocked, and the overclocked setting for the RAM that froze was a nominal 1530Mhz in BIOS, so go figure that one out: the RAM is just JUNK, JUNK, JUNK! Gosh dang that ticked me off a bunch, wasting three whole days of my build time, waiting on a 2nd set of the RAM to arrive from Amazon.com via UPS Next Day Air delivery, which they were kind enough to do for me I might note, and BAM! That 2nd RAM batch was as bad, or worse than the 1st batch of the RAM!

I cannot endorse this RAM, and I give the present iteration of the RAM a big, fat ZERO for performance, and if I could give it a ZERO in the Amazon.com ratings I would do just that, but the lowest they go is 1-star, so 1-star is the rating it gets from Wavey Davey. You'd best believe me because if it happened to me, it will happen to you if you try to use this stuff in a Core i7 configuration, at any speed, not just at overclocked speeds!

In short, this RAM will waste your time, waste your $$$$ and severely inconvenience your build efforts, so don't waste your time, get something else, either something from Corsair, Patriot, G. Skill preferably although unfortunately Amazon.com doesn't sell the G. Skill RAM as yet, but they SHOULD, you know that!? I love the G. Skill brand of RAM, as it ROCKS! Wish Amazon.com sold it!

That's a wrap on this RAM for Wavey Davey's efforts, and right now I await a REFUND on my purchase price because the 2nd batch is already on its way back to Amazon.com's Lexington, Kentucky RMA warehouse, and Good Riddance to it! The 1st batch got sent back last week also, so there you go, that is what happened with two separate batches of this RAM from my build of this past week. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME with the OCZ Gold XTC 1600Mhz RAM, it is JUNK, JUNK, JUNK!

Wavey Davey - June 17, 2010
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Alex
2.0 out of 5 stars Poor choice for memory, stick with Corsair
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2010
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Pros: Cheap, good timings, lifetime warranty.

Cons: No XMP (have to configure by hand, and they don't have the correct configuration anywhere. Hint: use 2T command rate or the memory will throw errors. Also don't forget to set 8-8-8-24 timings and 1.65 voltage).

Like everyone else, I got a bad stick and had to RMA. Took about a week for them to issue me an RMA number, but they do offer the option to charge you to send you the replacement kit before you send the original back.

I can't get the replacement kit to run at 1600MHz. The best it can do is about 1400, no matter how much extra QPI or CPU voltage I add.

Save yourself the trouble and spend a bit more on a Corsair kit.
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Kamarkaka
3.0 out of 5 stars Bad luck or ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2010
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I ordered 2 kits, that is 6 sticks total, here is the result.
1 DOA;
2 cannot work under OCZ recommended 7-7-7-24 timing, cannot boot at all;
2 can boot under 7-7-7-24, but show a lot of errors in MemTest;
1 just fine.
The test is all done by recommended settings. BCLK 133, DRAM 1.66V@1600
I hope I was just really bad luck, but I would not dare to try any more...

I should say their tech support is really nice, threads on their forum got replied very quickly and professionally.
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Steven Livoti
4.0 out of 5 stars Seems to be working well. Thanks.
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
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Seems to be working well. Thanks.
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devsk
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome RAM if you know you have to set the settings manually
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2010
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I originally went with 3x2GB OCZ Gold 1600Mhz and ran them at 8-8-8-24-1T with 1.625vDDR in my i7 920 setup with Evga 758 board. I recently bought another set of 3x2GB from Amazon and just put them in the remaining 3 slots for a total of 12GB and everything worked out of the box WITH SAME SETTINGS! No timings or voltage needed change, except for VTT which I decreased to +75mV from +125mV. My stable BCLK using Auto vcore went up from 192 to 196.

I ran the memtest overnight and then 2hrs LinX run at max memory setting to make sure 12GB goes through its paces repeatedly under stress. No issues in either of these tests.

Make sure to set the settings (dram ratio - 2:8, timings - 8,8,8,24-1T, and voltage - 1.625 or 1.65v) in BIOS manually and don't depend on BIOS detecting timings automatically.

And most importantly: Do not touch the RAM modules without getting rid of the static charge that accumulates on your body. Use an anti-static wrist wrap bound to metal somewhere or at least touch metal grill or some other metal like your screwdriver before handling RAM. Static discharge will destroy your RAM modules and memtest will throw errors. Nothing the vendor can do against this.
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RunningLate
1.0 out of 5 stars DOA - Avoid OCZ At All Costs
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2010
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The price was right. But that's where it ends. I got two kits and both had defective DIMMs in them (3 out of 6 DIMMs were bad). Processed an RMA through OCZ and after almost 2 weeks, I get two replacement kits that each have one bad DIMM inside. I'm done with OCZ.
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