These heatsinks allow me to put fans on them so i am fairly certain that will make a difference plus they are 1600.
That is a matter of opinion. I'm guessing you've never worked with server hardware. I work with it plenty. I have never, in my life, encountered a server with RAM heatsinks. And these servers cost more than R100k (IBM/Sun/Dell). Even our "cheap" self built R30k servers that we build using Kingston RAM looks EXACTLY like the ValueRAM. No heatsinks and unflattering.
And yes, naturally there will be people who have had Kingston ValueRAM chips fail. I'm saying I haven't. Whereas I've bought OCZ, SuperTalent, G.Skill, APacer. All of them eventually failed and some had DOA chips. Most of them were "performance" chips with heatsinks on that I just ran at standard frequencies (DDR3-1333Mhz/DDR2-800Mhz). Usually they fail about 2 or 3 years later. But it happens and at that point getting a new stick on that "lifetime warranty" part is nearly impossible (manufacturers at that point usually offer to give you credit based on "market value").
I haven't much experience with Corsair but from what I've heard from the other people I trust, their RAM is just as reliable.
Yup but i can bet you the cheap ass ram esquire sell has little to no performance difference to the more expensive kingston and neither have heatsinks.
Neither did I imply there was a performance difference. The Kingston is more reliable, that is
my assessment based on years in the computer hardware industry and having bought a lot of brands. I'll never go back to the lesser known brands. Corsair or Kingston is all I'll ever buy again.
Benchmarks show that performance RAM has virtually no effect on Intel CPUs, no point spending a large amount of money on "performance" memory to get 2FPS extra in a game.
I am sure toms and anand are on the pay role
Which is why they commonly point out problems with hardware. The manufacturers love it when reviewers do that.
). Which isn't much for a store but for someone who does it as a hobby it is quite a bit.
