“Vengeance
Airflow units,
makes for
an attractive
assembly.”
if this lowers any component
operating temperature,
it is welcomed and at the
very least doesn’t hurt
performance at all.
At the current price, it’s
not the most affordable
16GB kit on the market, but
it does carry the CORSAIR
branding, you have limited
lifetime warranty and the
overclocking headroom is
mighty impressive. This is not
the kit to run 3000MHz C10
cooled via LN2, you’ll have to
look to CORSAIR’s other kits
for that. Suffice to say the
Vengeance LPX 3200 modules
are more than enough for the
vast majority of users and
even competitive overclockers.
At this juncture, one should
not be expecting any less
from DDR4 especially from
CORSAIR. The kit is exactly
what you’d expect, with the
kit offering overclocking
headroom in excess of
500MHz, punching above its
station. If you’re in need or a
high speed kit and are driven
by several more factors than
just price, then this is a good
place to start. There may be
cheaper kits on the market
from competing vendors, but
they may not be as appealing
and certainly do not offer the
vengeance airflow cooling.
Between the limited lifetime
warranty, overclocking
headroom and cooling
solution. The Vengeance LPX
kit delivers on its promise and
more. There really is nothing
to dislike about this kit and as
such it deserves our praise
and recommendation.
[ The Overclocker ]
Summary
For a kit rated at
3200MHz kit, CORSAIR
has managed to ship a
set that is more than
capable of 3,600MHz,
especially when using
only two DIMMs. On the
X99 platform it will reach
speeds above 3,400MHz
and as such it is adapt
at both platforms. For
the set’s real potential
however, you should look
to the Z170 chipset where
you may see frequencies
as high as 3866MHz
when overclocking.
Whatever you may
decide to do, make sure
to overclock the kit as
it will at the very least
leave you impressed with
scalability.
Would you buy it?
Of course, there’s no
reason not to.
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