Crucial RAM 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz CL11 Desktop Memory CT2K51264BD160B

In short, this 16GB memory kit works very well in a Dell Inspiron 3250 i3 desktop computer. With the memory used in combination with a Crucial SSD drive, that cheap Inspiron 3250 is twice as fast at some operations and more than 300 times faster at other operations.I bought a Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) memory kit for an inexpensive Dell Inspiron 3250 i3 Windows 10 Pro desktop computer that I had on order through Dell's Outlet. I also bought a pair of Crucial MX300 525GB SSD (and a pair of Western Digital Blue 1TB drives) for the Inspiron 3250 (these two Crucial upgrades cost more than the price of the Outlet computer). Prior to swapping the single 4GB memory card and the stock 1TB Western Digital Blue hard drive for the two 8GB Crucial memory cards and a Crucial SSD, I used the Windows built-in benchmarking tool (this tool is built into Windows 7 and Windows 10 - Windows System Assessment Tool) to help determine the performance change due to the Crucial replacement parts. I repeated the test with both Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro. In short, the Crucial memory alone more than doubled both the computer's memory performance (2.13 times faster) and the integrated video memory throughput due to the computer now being able to use dual channel memory access with slightly higher clocked memory in both Windows 10 Pro and Windows 7 Pro. The Crucial SSD drive was 3.65 times faster at sequential read access than the WD Blue hard drive, and 340.68 times faster at random read than the WD Blue hard drive in Windows 10 Pro (only 316.53 times faster in Windows 7 Pro). So, the Crucial upgrades, even though they more than doubled the value of the Dell Inspiron 3250 i3 computer, significantly increased the potential performance of the computer.Summary details of the testing: From an administrator Windows command line I executed a command similar to the following to run the Windows System Assessment Tool's benchmark for each test:winsat formal -restart -v -xml c:\winstatresultsWindows10-4GB.xmlOriginal single Hynix 4GB 12800U-11-13-A1 memory card and WD Blue hard drive (Win 10 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 1999.76MBMemory Performance 10658.95 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 2993.58 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 135.49 MB/s 7.0Disk Random 16.0 Read 2.05 MB/s 4.2 (this appears to be a fluke, see below)Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) memory kit and WD Blue hard drive (Win 10 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 8143.76MBMemory Performance 22783.16 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 6355.53 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 136.20 MB/s 7.0Disk Random 16.0 Read 1.28 MB/s 3.6Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) memory kit and Crucial SSD (cloned HD to SSD, Win 10 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 8143.76MBMemory Performance 22635.85 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 6392.51 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 497.43 MB/s 8.1Disk Random 16.0 Read 436.07 MB/s 8.2Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) memory kit and new WD Blue 1TB hard drive (cloned SSD to new WD HD, Win 10 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 8143.76MBMemory Performance 21998.35 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 5329.78 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 142.87 MB/s 7.1Disk Random 16.0 Read 1.45 MB/s 3.9---Original single Hynix 4GB 12800U-11-13-A1 memory card and new WD Blue hard drive (Win 7 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 1632MBMemory Performance 11141.00 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 4613.53 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 139.70 MB/s 7.1Disk Random 16.0 Read 1.52 MB/s 4.0Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) memory kit and new WD Blue 1TB hard drive (fresh install of Win 7 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 1632MBMemory Performance 23564.36 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 9988.00 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 139.15 MB/s 7.1Disk Random 16.0 Read 1.47 MB/s 3.9Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) memory kit and Crucial SSD (cloned HD to SSD, Win 7 Pro):System memory shared as video memory: 1632MBMemory Performance 23140.27 MB/sVideo Memory Throughput 9807.77 MB/sDisk Sequential 64.0 Read 501.99 MB/s 7.9Disk Random 16.0 Read 465.30 MB/s 7.9

Received this today. I purchased two sets for a total of 32GB for my Asus P8Z77M-Pro Motherboard and it worked like a charm. The motherboard itself has a maximum capacity of 32GB. Previously I had 4 sticks of 4GB Corsair Vengeance on the same board, but I needed more, so I purchased this. Works great! Very happy with my purchase!

Adding RAM (memory) to any PC is a quick way of upgrading your performance and speed. Crucial makes some of the best RAM around. Installed this in my little HP Prodesk and noted immediate performance upgrade. No issues with incompatibility or setup. This was a great price for this amount of RAM!

very cheap and good upgrade for my acer tower. used to have 4GB and now I have 16GB.

They were easy to install and work great with my older desktop

Usually when RAM is marketed as a 16GB kit (2x8GB), they are a matched set in one package, better ensuring that they will work in a dual channel configuration. The same RAM sticks but not matched can sometimes not work as dual channel. I ordered 2 kits to replace the RAM in my older PC to get 32GB, and received 4 individually packaged RAM sticks, so was a little worried, but installed them and they are running in dual channel configuration, so I'm happy about that, and they seem to be fine, no errors and they appear to be running fine.

Best memory i have ever purchased. My computer started faster and was error free.

The sticks installed easily, despite having no experience whatsoever. I have never tried any install like this, never even cracked open a computer housing.This was a 20-minute install, and I even moved things I didn't have to to gain access.The two boards replaced some older, less powerful sticks. The new boards worked a treat; my tower boots faster, and performs much faster than with the old 3 GB (a1GB & a 2GB) sticks.Now that I've done this once, I want to upgrade an old laptop (and whatever else I can find around the house).