Testseek.com have collected 83 expert reviews of the Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz Vengeance Series CMZ and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz Vengeance Series CMZ.
March 2011
(89%)
83 Reviews
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The Vengeance line of memory is another great product from Corsair. As usual we see them perform extremely well, with no troubles at stock timings or with relaxed ones while overclocked, we were impressed by the kit. The new style of heat spreaders ar...
In terms of aesthetics, these Vengeance modules are very sleek, and would look fantastic in just about any motherboard, especially one that has a predominantly black colour scheme. From a functional perspective, the heatspreaders are on the slightly ta...
Excellent performance, Good overclocking capabilities, Limited lifetime warranty
Hard to point any faults at it
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Published: 2011-02-08, Author: brian , review by: legitreviews.com
It just doesn't get much better than this. The Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz memory kit provides a great value by offering an 8GB memory kit that is easily overclockable with excellent performance and a lifetime warranty, all at a price that is easy on t...
Excellent price, High capacity, Will do CL8 at 1600 MHz 1.5V, Rated for 1.5V out of the box, Good headroom at CL9, Manages to hit 2040 MHz when relaxing the timings slightly to 9-10-9-27, Cool looking heatspreaders, Available in kits up to 16 GB, Lifetime
No voltage scaling at all, Less overclocking headroom than lower density kits, Did not manage 2000 MHz CL9-9-9-27, Large heatspreaders may collide with some coolers
Anyone who knows a bit about overclocking will know that a triple channel kit is harder to push than a dual channel one, while a high-density kit ups the ante even more. So it was to be expected that the Corsair Vengeance triple-channel kit does not ov...
Based on our experience we can say that overclocking 12GB with only three modules of memory installed is much easier than using six modules. So this 12GB Vengeance kit definitely offers more flexibility of adding more memory in the future, but also bri...
Final Words & Conclusion Power users need power products -- I already know a handful of people that are running 12GB in their X58 / Core i7 based PC. Do they need that much capacity ? No of course not. Six Gigabyte for a platform shown today is the n...
Stylish and appealing design, Great performance, Lifetime warranty, Price
Heatspreaders may get in the way of your CPU cooler
I am very pleased with the new line of Vengeance line of memory kits from Corsair. You always know you are getting a quality product when you choose Corsair and the Vengeance kit we received was no different. Corsair stands behind this product with a...
Abstract: With the issues to Cougar Point being ironed out, there's a whole new generation of DDR3 dual-stick kits on the cards for those building new Sandy Bridge systems. Corsair has a range of uniquely placed memory kits in the market that will fit these new ...
