TheOverclocker Issue 36 | Page 28

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 RRP: $162.99 | Website: www.corsair.com Test Machine • INTEL Core i7 6700K • ASUS MAXIMUS VIII Hero • EVGA GTX 980Ti K|NGP|N Edition • SAMSUNG PX941 512GB • CORSAIR AX1500i • Windows 10 x64/ Windows 7SP1 x64 (0508 BIOS) T wo things that will always remain true about memory are that, you can never have enough of it and you always need it to be as fast as possible. DDR4, should see us well into the future and at the current prices, it’s never been more attractive. For just $163, CORSAIR is not only offering four sticks of memory, but it’s 3200MHz at that. Not a frequency that will impress you in today’s market, but remember that at some point 3200MHz DDR4 was retailing for well over $1400 for an 8GB kit. In 28 The OverClocker Issue 36 | 2015 light of this, one always has to appreciate just how far memory prices have fallen along with increased operating frequencies. This set for all intents and purposes, is a run of the mill "gaming set" of memory. I remain unsure of what that means as compared to overclocking memory, but suffice to say the real value here is how far this memory kit will go. As with all memory kits, a large part of it has everything to do with your chosen CPU and motherboard. Given the hardware used for this LPX kit still managed to impress, delivering performance well beyond its specification. Default frequency performance is largely not worth discussing. There are few if any situations where any gaming experience is improved by using high speed memory as opposed to a 2400MHz set for instance. This is particularly true when using a discreet GPU. There’s no measurable difference that will lend itself to a better or smoother gaming experience in any context. To appreciate the difference one would have to compare 1,333MHz memory against 3,200MHz. Only with such a large discrepancy in operating frequencies would there be a somewhat meaningful difference in game performance etc. So do not look to this memory to improve your gaming performance. It will do no such thing. It will however and most importantly, allow you to have plenty of fun overclocking and competing in the synthetic benchmarks. Even if you’re measuring performance in an application not used on