Review: corsair vengeance 2x4gb 1600 cl9

Corsair recognized for being the best manufacturer of RAM memory on the market. He offers us two models: Dominator and Vengeance.

The Corsair Vengeance are a model supposedly inferior to the "Dominator" and at a much more attractive price. It also allows us to choose and combine with 4 colors: Blue, Red, Gold and Black without losing performance.

FEATURES CMZ8GBX3M2A1600C9
Capacity	8GB Kit (2x4GB)
Profile	XMP
Fan included	Do not
Heatsink	Vengeance
Memory Type	Dual Channel and Quad Channel (Verified by Professional Review).
Type	DDR3 1600mhz
Pins	240
Voltage	1.5
Latency	9-9-9-24
Warranty	Forever.

The memories come protected in a small box and a plastic blister. Without opening the box, we can identify the serial number and its latencies.

In this case we have the Vengeance blue / blue ceruleam version, which is the one used in motherboards. Although we can also acquire the colors black, red and gold.

The memories work at 1.5 v and a latency 9-9-9-24 2T.

It is the most impressive and best finished sink that we have seen so far. It is very important to know the compatibility with the heatsink that we are going to acquire or have.

Once installed on a Gigabyte X79-UD3 and Corsair H60.

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel 3930k @ 4.6GHZ
Base plate:	Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 1600 CL9
Heatsink	Corsair H60
HDD	Kingston Hyperx 120gb
Graphic card	Nvidia Geforce GTX560 Ti @ 1GHZ
Box	Benchtable Dimastech Easy V2.5

The programs that we will use to check the performance in Quad Channel have used Winrar 4.0 and Aida 64. And the game Resident Evil 5. Let's see the results obtained:

Although Corsair Vengeance are Dual Channel certified. We have verified that it is compatible with the Quad Channel of the LGA 2011 platform. It works at 1.5v and has a latency of 9-9-9-24 and 2T.

Its refrigeration is excellent. The heatsink is the most impressive we have seen so far and its variety of colors allows us to combine with our motherboard.

We have seen in our test bench a magnificent performance. Although we did not like that it is not stable if we overclock it. Another disadvantage is the height of its heatsink, which will surely give us a problem with the heatsink. In these cases we recommend a liquid cooling kit, such as the Corsair H60 or the Prolimatech Genesis heatsink.

The 8GB kit can be found for € 45- € 50. An excellent price for the times. Corsair will always offer us the highest quality and lifetime guarantee.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ EXCELLENT HEATSINKS.	- WE MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HEATSINKS.
+ COMPATIBLE WITH DUAL CHANNEL AND QUAD CHANNEL.
+ PERFORMANCE.
+ LIFETIME GUARANTEE.

The Professional Review team awards you the quality / price award and the gold medal: