16GB of DDR3-1600? Corsair has a couple of kits for that
Subject: General Tech | December 5, 2011 - 04:50 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: corsair, vengeance, vengeance lp, ddr3-1600, quad channel
With the arrival of quad-channel memory on the X79 chipset, 16GB kits are arriving on the shelves of suppliers. This amount of memory was once only found on servers but why shouldn't you benefit from a huge pool of RAM on your enthusiast machine. Corsair has two Vengeance kits on the market, the $90 Vengeance kit @ 9-9-9-24 and the Vengeance LP kit with low profile heatspreaders and timings @ 8-8-8-24 which will cost you about $150. Interestingly the timings did not seem to effect the benchmarks in a meaningful way, the extra bandwidth available hides the difference though kits with much looser timing may well have an effect. Speed does still matter as there were improvements on most of the benchmarks once the kits were overclocked. Read on to see the numbers.
"Corsair's quad-channel Vengeance memory modules are designed to work with Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E platform. We put two Vengeance kits to the test to see if running DDR3 memory in quad-channel really make all that much of a difference in practical applications like gaming."
Here are some more Memory articles from around the web:
- Kingston HyperX Genesis Quad Channel 2400MHz DDR3 Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 Low Voltage 1600MHz Review @ Legit Reviews
- GeIL EVO CORSA PC3-19200 16GB @ Tweaktown
- Patriot Division 4 Viper Xtreme PC3-12800 16GB Kit @ Tweaktown
- Corsair Vengeance PC3-15000 16GB Kit @ Tweaktown
- G.Skill RipjawsZ DDR3-1866MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit Review @ Neoseeker
- Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x4GB kit x 2) 1600MHz Quad Channel DDR3 @ Hi Tech Legion
Corsair Releases New Low Profile, Low Voltage DDR3 Arctic White Memory Kit
Subject: Memory | August 3, 2011 - 03:10 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: vengeance lp, memory, ddr3, corsair, 8gb
Today Corsair unveiled a new low voltage DDR3, low profile memory kit. Specifically, the new kit is named the Special Edition Arctic White Vengeance LP and is a 8GB, 1600MHz affair that consists of two “rigorously-screened 4GB DDR3 DRAM modules” that the manufacturer guarantees will operate at 1600MHz at CAS latencies of 9-9-9-24.
The LP in the products name implies the predisposition for use in small form factor and low profile systems where every inch counts, especially in systems where the power supply mounts directly above the motherboard. The new Vengeance kit’s heat spreader has a reduced height of 1.03” (or 26.25mm) and is ideal for these kinds of small form factor systems.
Corsair have further used the new special edition memory in an ultra quiet PC build on the company’s blog. According to Giovanni Sena, the Director of Memory Products at Corsair, “our latest offering, the Special Edition Arctic White Vengeance LP, gives builders, system integrators, and gaming enthusiasts the ability to assemble low-voltage systems with an appealing, stylish new look.”
The new Arctic White Vengeance LP memory kit is available now from retailers and will run you approximately $90 USD at time of writing.
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