| Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz DDR3 Memory Kit |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Memory | |
| Written by Austin Downing | |
| Sunday, 19 June 2011 | |
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Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz Final ThoughtsRAM is a vital component to any computer and the Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 9-10-9-27 (2 x 4GB) kit provides a great mixture of high speed, moderately tight timings, large size and a lifetime warranty. For programs that are computationally heavy like compression and simulation using faster RAM will make a noticeable difference for large projects involving these kinds of calculations. The problem I have with the Corsair Vengeance is the same I have with many kits of RAM on the market. Companies insist on putting large coolers on their RAM and it limits the choice in CPU heatsinks that can be used within users system. DDR3 does not require these elaborate coolers with its lower voltages which translate to lower temperatures then RAM saw during the DDR, and DDR2 era. Corsair is correcting this with low profile versions of its Vengeance line but ultimately I would like to see the average size of coolers drop instead of having to look for specific low profile versions of a memory line.
Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz ConclusionPerformance is as you would expect providing a 12% bandwidth increase over 1600MHz kits, with relatively tight 9-10-9-27 timings. This translates to a 6-9% increase in real world tasks such as compression and simulation. Gamer should not expect to not see that great of a difference as at most the difference would be a couple of percentage points but usually the gains will be nonexistent. This is a personal preference but I do not like the looks that Corsair has given the Vengeance. Like a large wing on a Honda Civic the heat spreaders don't look cool and serve no real purpose. This is because DDR3 IC's do not give off enough heat to need large heat spreaders to keep them from being damaged. Although light the heat spreader used for the Corsair Vengeance used on the Corsair Vengeance are well made with no flexing in the fins. Performance of RAM is based around being able to function at the manufactures specified speed without errors. In regards to this the Corsair Vengeance performs superbly providing 1866MHz speeds with 9-10-9-27 timings at 1.5v with no errors in Memtest86+. Corsair stands behind their products performance also, providing their users with a limited lifetime warranty in the event that anything does ever go wrong. Priced for $104.99 at Newegg, G.Skill has lined up the Sniper series to fit perfectly in the market. The 1866MHz 9-10-9-28 sector of the market sits completely within +/-$10 of the Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz kit and therefore it ends up being up to the user to pick what design or company they prefer. Overall the Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 9-10-9-27 (2 x 4GB) memory kit is provides great performance, at a great price. All of this is backed by a lifetime warranty from Corsair make sure that users need not worry about their RAM if it dies three years down the road. Unfortunately Corsair has designed the Vengeance with a heat spreader that may limit its ability to be used with large air coolers. Pros:
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it seems that synthetic benchmark love the frenguanse.
but normal aplication prefer the timings.
so higher timings means longer time to access memory. higher frequency means better transfer rate. so this 2 work the opposite. you need a lot of transfer rate increase to overcome the loss of the timing. so if applications like winrar that theoretical go faster with a faster transfer rate memory (all needed data loaded to memory compressed and sent to hard drive again, so faster ram better the time) love timings we can imagine what will happen to applications that are not that data dependent. like games that there can not be predicted the data needed to continue. thus loving timing.
You cana lso get CL7 1600 mhz. 8 gig modules. Probably even cheaper than this stuff.
If you do alot at once and are one of those ppl with 3d programs or your always downloading moving multitasking 50 tabs ect and doing allot more there is a difference i can tell u in quantity and stable (yet speedy times) 1866 999 is all around good. Nothing like taking a quick gaming break while keeping everything open and still seeing good frame rates at high settings.
The 1866 sniper BenchmarkReviews just reviewed a week ago is down to 94 USD at newegg 2 X 4 gigs (8 gigs) at 9-10-9 (and will run at 999) just ordered 2
good review
I have honestly never seen a see a usable gain from faster memory in gaming. And in my system the only noticeable difference came when I bought a SSD.
Glad you liked the review though, and glad to see you bought memory based off my previous article. Keep checking here our next 2 memory reviews which will be the 1600Mhz 7-8-7-24 Mushkin Redline Enhanced with the Ridgeback heat spreader and the 2133Mhz 9-10-11-28 Mushkin Redline with the FrostByte heat spreader will be published in the next couple of weeks.
And yeah 9's at anything 18 and above does me right especially when I have so much @ that speed, I can still move fast solidly. I hate purpose built over all around, that way I don't have to close anything or go into a "mode" to game or work or play.
Good review, glad i skipped these.I always thought it was weird Corsair suddenly needed a 3rd brand for value purposes... Something else they had more power over to limit via "ability -to- price" wise. Since they refuse to go HIGHER with dominator simply because they need something to sell later we all know 8,8,8 at 2000 or even 7,10,something has been possible at stock for a long time we just need someone to be bold and watch all the others follow "all a sudden"
The dominators are great also they just released a 2133 at 999 (which may be a revamped version of the last kit just factory timed higher.) that can go down to 2000 at 8's I believe it because my last kit from them could do allot that was not endorsed and confidently. Problem when shopping for them a second time now is price for 4 2X2 gigs... id rather go g.skill at 9 2 x 4 and be limited for that price 99 bux im in.
i.e. Reviews for the G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz DDR3 F3-14900CL9D and Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz DDR3 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9?
You must understand that the memory benchmarks we use measure performance with such minute precision, that the difference could be less than .0001% and it would still stand out in a memory review.