Are the Corsair XMS3 ram good quality?

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I have the Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) 1600mhz DDR3 RAM. Is this a good make of ram and are they good for gaming?
 
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At the minute you're running overclocked to 4.2ghz
The bus speed has been upped to bring the ram up to speed - this wasn't really necessary but if temps & stability are fine its nothing to worry about.

That ram is cas 11 ,mine is cas 9 - there's a small performance hit but nothing you're really going to notice.

Its not the way I would set it up personally but not really worth messing with.

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I bought my pc off a seller on ebay who custom built it and I have no idea what it's running at
 

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SPD: http://postimg.org/image/d3ttt4tr3/b2f5ddc9/
Memory: http://postimg.org/image/bwxwhbzc3/b9f540eb/

There was nothing on the SPD tab and I don't know if it is meant to be like that.
 
Change the slot tab to 2,3, or 4 (its the only option you can change ) the ram must be in a different slot.

Also post CPU & main board tabs - the BIOS settings are not quite right - I think he's overclocked the fsb to bring the memory upto speed.

 

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SPD Slot 3: http://postimg.org/image/di9sjxa2t/6f09bd3d/
SPD Slot 4: http://postimg.org/image/hn1ulcmuz/97c1fc8c/
CPU: http://postimg.org/image/9e7p8068t/12db4fbb/
Mainboard: http://postimg.org/image/xrr5ffjrd/939cbab7/
 
At the minute you're running overclocked to 4.2ghz
The bus speed has been upped to bring the ram up to speed - this wasn't really necessary but if temps & stability are fine its nothing to worry about.

That ram is cas 11 ,mine is cas 9 - there's a small performance hit but nothing you're really going to notice.

Its not the way I would set it up personally but not really worth messing with.
 
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Is the ram running at 1600mhz?