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Обзор двухканального комплекта Corsair Vengeance LPX. Давний друг | Обзоры процессоров, видеокарт, материнских плат на ModLabs.net

Можно сказать, что с появлением платформы LGA1151 тип оперативной памяти DDR4 пришел в широкий круг пользователей. До этого момента «четверочка» оставалась уделом не самых бюджетных платформы на базе LGA2011. Именно в момент анонса LGA1151 к нам попал комплект оперативной памяти Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK8GX4M2A2666C16, состоящий из пары модулей для работы в двухканальном режиме. Этот комплект и по сей день отлично выполняет свои функции в рамках тестового стенда, давайте я расскажу о нем чуть подробнее.

Комплект поставки

Corsair Vengeance LPX приехала к нам в компактной упаковке: картонный стик и вложенный в нее блистер. На упаковке отражена серия, объем и частота комплекта. Точная маркировка комплекта есть на информационной наклейке, нам достался комплект из двух модулей по 4 Гб с рабочей частотой 2666 МГц и таймингом CAS Latency 16. Подстать минимализму упаковки внутри обнаруживается только пара модулей.

Внешний осмотр

Модули Vengeance LPX располагаю металлическими радиаторами, которые окрашены в черный цвет. Согласно странице серии, на сайте Corsair, есть и другие цветовые вариации: красный, белый, голубой и холодно серый. Конечно, не все цвета доступны для каждой модели, как по мне, черная вариация модулей успешно впишется в большинство сборок. С одной стороны радиатора в центральной области находится логотип серии, с другой информационный стикер с описанием модуля.

Радиаторы можно назвать компактными. Они почти не увеличивают размеры модулей в высоту. Благодаря этому за время тестирования множества систем охлаждения на нашем стенде, вопросов с совместимостью модулей не было.

На радиаторах есть небольшие переходы по типу ребер, в верхней части они создают эффект монолитного радиатора.

ЧТО ПОД РАДИАТОРОМ?

Радиаторы можно снять с модулей. Для этого как всегда рекомендуется прогреть плашку феном и неспешна поднимать радиатор по всей длине, например, карточкой или линейкой.

В нашем случае, каждый модуль Corsair Vengeance LPX обладает восемью чипами с маркировкой SEC 501 BCPBK4A4G085WD. Согласно найденной информации — это чипы от Samsung с базовой частотой в 2133. Так же в центральной области есть небольшая микросхема EBFT 8942 для хранения SPD модуля.

Микросхемы памяти располагаются с одной стороны печатной платы. И контактируют с радиатором при помощи очень цепкой термопрокладки. Она чем-то похожа на двухсторонний скотч.

Обратная сторона печатной платы тоже участвует в охлаждении. Для нее применяется элемент крепления чуть большей толщины. Радиатор этой стороны я снимать не стал, слишком хорошая площадь контакта.

ТЕСТИРОВАНИЕ

Для тестов мы использовали стенд со следующей конфигурацией.

Да, для тестов мы будем использовать систему именно на базе набора Intel Z170. Для более подробного знакомства с модулями приведу несколько скриншотов информации из SPD, которая была получена с помощью утилиты Thaiphoon Burner. Если коротко, то в модуль зашит обширный перечень режимов:

  • DDR4 - 9.0-9-10-22-31 @ 666 MHz
  • DDR4 - 10.0-10-11-25-35 @ 740 MHz
  • DDR4 - 11.0-11-12-27-38 @ 814 MHz
  • DDR4 - 12.0-12-13-30-42 @ 888 MHz
  • DDR4 - 13.0-13-14-32-45 @ 962 MHz
  • DDR4 - 14.0-14-15-35-49 @ 1037 MHz
  • DDR4 - 15.0-15-15-36-50 @ 1066 MHz
  • DDR4 - 16.0-15-15-36-50 @ 1066 MHz

Есть и один профиль XMP. Лично я, активировал его вручную.

  • DDR4 - 16.0-13-13-26-40 @ 2666 MHz

Для запуска тестовых пакетов били выбраны несколько режимов: сток без включения XMP, непосредственно XMP профиль, а также ручной разгон. По разгону, без длительных танцев вокруг стенда удалось запустить комплект на частоте в 3067 MHz с таймингами XPM профиля. Для этого лишь напряжение памяти было поднято до 1.3V. Конечно, можно перейти на следующий множитель, но для этого придется поднимать тайминги…

РЕЗЮМИРУЕМ

На момент публикации материала за комплект Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK8GX4M2A2666C16, в столичной рознице, просили порядка 3400 рублей, по 1700 за одну плашку. В сравнении с другими модулями на 2666 MHz ценовая планка может быть названа адекватной. Однако, если добавить вариации с частотой повыше, можно найти модули, изначально работающие на отметке в 3000 MHz.

К плюсам комплекта CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 можно отнести расширенные гарантийные сроки, наличие радиаторов, которые имеют адекватный размер и не мешаются при установки крупногабаритных систем охлаждения и при этом имеют хороший внешний вид. Далее, подмечаем расширенный список SPD настроек, что порой необходимо для запуска не на самых продвинутых материнских платах.

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Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz Memory Review - Tested and Proven!

Table of Contents Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 Specs and FeaturesCorsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 Benchmark ResultsCorsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 Review: Conclusion

The Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 memory is one of the company’s main high performance DDR4 memory designed for the latest compatible Intel and AMD systems. If I am not mistaken, the Vengeance LPX DDR4 lineup has been in the market for quite some time now; starting when DDR4 memory first came into market. Today we are going to look at and review the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz CL15 memory kit. Are you in the market looking for a low-profile, no-fuss DDR4 memory that simply works out of the box, regardless if you’re building an Intel or AMD system? Please continue reading our Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000MHz review below.

Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz Memory Review

The Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 memory lineup is basically one of the company’s high performance memory module available. It’s not their top of the line or the highest end product; they have the Dominator Platinum series for those who wants the crème of the crop. The Vengeance LPX sits somewhere in the middle of their memory product stack. It doesn’t have any LED or RGB lighting, unlike their Vengeance LED/RGB siblings. Instead the Vengeance LPX features a low-profile aluminum heat spreader that is available in four different colors; Black, Red, White and Blue. What we have here are the Black and Blue variants.

The Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 memory has been tested with nearly every motherboard in the market. This means it’s basically compatible with most motherboards available in the market today, both Intel and AMD systems. In our case, we tested it with both the latest Intel Z370 and AMD X370 motherboards and the memory kits were validated and recognized without any problems at all. It also supports XMP 2.0 profile, so be sure to visit your BIOS settings and enable it to take advantage of its fastest stable speeds without manually overclocking the memory.

Aside from four different colors, the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 memory kit is available in Dual Channel and Quad Channel memory configuration. You can choose from different speeds; ranging from 2133MHz up to 4400MHz, and capacities from 8GB up to 128GB (16GB per stick). Corsair is also offering a limited lifetime warranty on their Vengeance LPX DDR4 memory. More details from the specifications table below.

Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 Specifications

Packaging and Closer Look

Corsair has been using the same color scheme on their products’ packaging – Black or Black/White with Yellow highlights. It’s a simple packaging design and this one is a little bit slimmer since the Vengeance LPX is a low-profile memory kit and doesn’t (really) need a larger packaging or box. You can see the size and speed on the upper-right hand corner at the front portion of the box; meanwhile you can check out some of its features and information at the back portion and through the window on the middle portion.

Above you can see the front and rear view of the Vengeance LPX’s heat spreader. The heat spreader has a ribbed symmetrical design; the front side bearing the Vengeance LPX DDR4 name and on the other side information and details regarding the memory stick. Information such as serial number or product number, memory type, capacity, speed, timings, voltage and version are all printed on the sticker.

We only have the black and blue variants, we’re missing the red and white ones. But basically the design is just the same, only the heat spreader’s color differ to suite your system’s color scheme. Black seems to be the safest color as it would blend well regardless of your system’s color scheme.

Obviously, the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 memory kits doesn’t have any LED or RGB lighting; just Cosair’s name on the top-mid section. Below are photos of the Vengeance LPX kit installed on our test system. The first one, we have installed all four-sticks in an alternate pattern, and on the second photo is a two-stick setup. The Aorus Z370 Gaming 5 didn’t have any problem validating the DDR4 memory; regardless of the number of sticks installed or the order it was installed.

On the next page, let’s see how the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz performs on our test system.

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Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 16GB Memory Kit Review

It’s been 20 years since Corsair first entered the computer component world, and man have they come a long way. From their humble beginnings as a L2 cache module manufacturer, their product offerings have blossomed into a wide range of enthusiast-level components. In fact, other than the motherboard, you can build a wide variety of systems comprised entirely from Corsair products. Today, however, we’re going to concentrate on their entry into the DDR4 market and have a look at their newly released Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 kit. The kit contains a total of 16 GB in a 4X4 GB configuration. Let’s get started and see what Corsair has up their sleeve!

Specifications/Features/Product Tour

Here are the specifications for the Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 kit as plucked from the Corsair product page. As we’re seeing with most DDR4 kits out there, the timings are higher than we’re accustomed to seeing on previous generation memory, but the speeds are higher out of the gate. Also of note here is the extremely low 1.2 V these modules are able to run at. Piece of mind comes in the form of a limited lifetime warranty.

Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 Specifications
Part Number CMK16GX4M4A2800C16
Warranty Limited Lifetime
Memory Size 16GB (4X4GB)
SPD Latency 15-15-15-36
Tested Latency 16-18-18-36
SPD Speed 2133MHz
Speed Rating PC4-22400 (2800MHz)
Tested Speed 2800MHz
SPD Voltage 1.2V
Tested Voltage 1.2V
Fan Included No
Heatspreader Vengeance LPX
Memory Configuration Dual / Quad Channel
Memory Series Vengeance
Memory Type DDR4
Package Memory Format DIMM
Package Memory Pin 288
Performance Profile XMP 2.0

If your’re interested in reading a DDR4 white paper that explains the advantages of this new memory standard, Corsair has an excellent write up you should take the time to read. It’ll explain what DDR4 brings to the table in its early stages and what we’re likely to see going forward.

A quick look at a couple BIOS screenshots reveals a couple interesting tidbits. The SPD table actually shows a XMP profile #2 at DDR4-3000 MHz using 1.35 V. I didn’t see where it was a BIOS selectable option; but perhaps if we set those parameters manually, the kit will run at that speed? We’ll be sure to check that out!

Just as we found with a competitor’s set of memory, using the XMP profile will automatically set the strap to 125. At least on the ASUS X99 Deluxe it does. The BCLK frequency is automatically set to 127.3, which lands the memory speed at exactly 2800 MHz. However, a side effect of this XMP profile is that the CPU, Cache, and DMI/PEG frequencies are slightly overclocked too. You end up with 64 MHz CPU, 55 MHz Cache, and 1 MHz DMI/PEG overclocks. Those minor increases shouldn’t require any voltage modifications on the user’s part, but it’s certainly something to be aware of.

SPD Table

BCLK Frequency Overclock

The Vengeance LPX memory is available in three different colors. You have your choice between red, blue, or black, which should allow for seamless integration into just about any color scheme.

Color Options

The pure aluminum heatspreaders are designed for even heat dissipation across the eight-layer memory module. I wouldn’t expect the modules to get very warm at their stock 1.2 V; but if you want to pour the voltage to these things, good heatspreaders and an eight-layer PCB will definitely help keep things cool. I like that the PCB is black as well, which adds a bit of aesthetic value.

Heatspreaders

Here is the complete features list as provided by Corsair. Other than what we mentioned above, we have a low profile heatspreader design to ensure compatibility with a wide variety of form factor motherboards and extensive testing to ensure compatibility with almost all X99 series motherboards.

Compatibility tested across X99 Series motherboards for reliably fast performance

Part of our exhaustive testing process includes performance and compatibility testing on most every X99 Series motherboard on the market – and a few that aren’t.

Designed for high-performance overclocking

Each Vengeance LPX module is built from an eight-layer PCB and highly-screened memory ICs. The efficient heat spreader provides effective cooling to improve overclocking potential.

Pure aluminum heat spreader for faster heat dissipation and cooler operation

Overclocking overhead is limited by operating temperature. The unique design of the Vengeance LPX heat spreader optimally pulls heat away from the ICs and into your system’s cooling path, so you can push it harder.

The heat spreader doesn’t just allow Vengeance LPX to run better… the aggressive yet refined form factor looks great in showcase systems.

XMP 2.0 support for trouble-free, automatic overclocking

Manually pushing your DRAM frequency can be a fun experiment, but sometimes you just want to get maximum performance without the hassle.

Intel X99-based motherboards support the new XMP 2.0 standard, and Vengeance LPX DRAM does, too. Turn it on, and it will automatically adjust to the fastest safe speed for your Vengeance LPX kit. You’ll get amazing, reliable performance without lockups or other strange behavior.

Low-profile design fits in smaller spaces

When the first Mini-ITX and Micro ATX motherboards for DDR4 are released, Vengeance LPX will be ready. The small form factor makes it ideal for smaller cases or any system where internal space is at a premium.

Available in multiple colors to match your motherboard or your system

The best high-performance systems look as good as they run. Vengeance LPX is available in several colors to match your motherboard, your other components, your case… or just your favorite color.

The Corsair Vengeance kit comes in a small cardboard box with the modules secured in two plastic containers. The printing on the box gives the potential customer a good idea of what they’re buying into. As you can see by the below pictures, we were sent the black version to review.

Box Front and Modules

Box Back and Modules

Photo Op

Below are several images of the Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 kit. This is a great looking kit in my opinion, and I love the fact Corsair kept the heatspreader size at a minimum. Here are some glamor shots to have a look at before we dive into the testing phase of the review.

Meet the Corsair Vengeance LPX

Vengeance LPX Emblem Side

Vengeance LPX Sticker Side

Vengeance LPX Laid Out

A Stack of Vengeance LPX

Vengeance LPX Stood Up

Testing for Stability at Rated Speed/Timings

Once we get memory installed in our test bed, we begin our testing phase by checking stability at the kit’s rated speed/timings. We use our UltraX R.S.T. Pro USB RAM tester, which was kindly provided by UltraX. Overclockers is one of just a few select review sites lucky enough to have one of these memory testers, and we’re delighted to be in that group. I seriously doubt you’ll find another tester that beats on memory quite like the R.S.T Pro does. If a memory kit passes our five loop run, it’s stable…. period! The time it takes to complete the five loops will vary depending on the capacity of the memory kit being tested. For the Vengeance LPX kit we’re reviewing today, it took seven hours to complete. After a relentless seven-hour pounding, the Corsair Vengeance LPX kit came up clean with the R.S.T. Pro having recorded no errors.

R.S.T. Pro Stable

For in-OS stability, we use HyperPi set to use all available threads. It’s doubtful HyperPi will show any issues after the kit passed a seven-hour run with the R.S.T. Pro, but it’s always good to make sure. No problems encountered here either, so we’ll call the Vengeance LPX kit rock stable at advertised speed/timings/voltage.

HyperPi 32M Stable

Benchmarks

Test Setup

Testing was done on three different test systems, so we could compare DDR3 in quad-channel (X79), DDR3 in dual-channel (Z87), and DDR4 in quad-channel (X99). Here is a list of the test beds we used. The CPU was set to default stock speeds on all the test beds.

DDR3 Dual-Channel DDR3 Quad Channel DDR4 Quad Channel
Motherboard ASUS Maximus VI Formula Intel Z87 Chipset EVGA X79 Dark Intel X79 Chipset ASUS X99-Deluxe Intel X99 Chipset
CPU i7 4770K Haswell i7 4960X Ivy Bridge-E i7 5960X Haswell-E
Memory Various – See Below Comparison Kits G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2400 MHz 4X4 GB 10-12-12-31 G.Skill Ripjaws4 DDR4-3000 MHz 4X4 GB 15-15-15-35
Video Card EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified ASUS HD7970 DCUII TOP EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified
OS Windows 7 X64 Win 7 X64 Win7 X64
Cooling Custom Water Custom Water Custom Water

The following table lists the memory kits used for comparison.

Comparison Kits
Brand Series Speed Channels Capacity Timings Voltage
Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 2400 Dual 4×4 GB 11-13-13-30-2T 1.65 V
G.SKill TridentX DDR3 2666 Dual 2×4 GB 11-13-13-35-2T 1.65 V
G.SKill TridentX DDR3-2400 Quad 4X4 GB 10-12-12-31-2T 1.65V
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 Quad 4×4 GB 15-15-15-35-2T 1.35 V
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 Quad 4X4 GB 16-18-18-36-2T 1.2 V

There are a few things to keep in mind when digesting the results below. Benchmarks that are able to take advantage of all available CPU threads are going to favor those systems with the most CPU cores. Hence, the X99-based system will have a distinct advantage here. Also, because the Vengeance LPX system receives a bit of an overclock when the XMP profile is used, it too will show an advantage in most of the testing. So, take these results with a grain of salt, but they do give you an idea of performance at stock settings using XMP profiles.

The graphs below are based off of percentages with the Corsair Vengeance LPX kit being the basis, and therefore, always being 100%. The raw data used to make each graph can be found in the table below each chart. The first set of tests are from AIDA64 Engineer Edition and include the memory read/write/copy/latency benchmarks. The read and write tests show less than a 2% advantage for the Vengeance LPX kit when compared to the 3000 MHz G.Skill kit, which is more than likely due to the CPU and Cache overclock it receives with its XMP profile being used. Still, a pretty impressive showing for the Corsair kit here. The copy test shows a little over 5% better for the Vengeance LPX compared to the G.Skill DDR4 kit, but its slower timings cause it to fall behind in the latency test (lower percentage is better).

AIDA64 Memory Tests

AIDA64 Memory Benchmarks – Raw Data
Kit Read Write Copy Latency
Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400 (DC) 35903 37565 34834 44.7
G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2666 (DC) 32966 41505 35597 40.8
G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2400 (QC) 56059 41272 55667 65.0
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4-3000 (QC) 58303 46900 53595 64.0
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 (QC) 59046 47684 56632 69.8

SuperPi and wPrime are timed benchmarks, so keep in mind, lower percentage values in the chart are better. As expected, the systems with a higher CPU clock win out in the single threaded SuperPi test. The wPrime tests show the opposite result with the systems having more CPU cores dominating here. Even though the Vengeance LPX system has a slight CPU MHz advantage, it fell a tad short in the wPrime 1024M test compared to the G.Skill DDR4 kit. It did squeeze out a win over the G.Skill DDR4 kit in the wPrime 32M test.

SuperPi and wPrime Tests

SuperPi & wPrime Benchmarks – Raw Data
Kit SuperPi 1M SuperPi 32M wPrime 32M wPrime 1024M
Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400 (DC) 8.955 459.280 5.819 180.694
G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2666 (DC) 8.923 462.790 5.881 182.257
G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2400 (QC) 9.260 508.142 4.557 134.715
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4-3000 (QC) 10.359 536.894 3.525 103.647
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 (QC) 10.281 529.36 3.527 101.728

Our last set of benchmarks test rendering, compression, and video encoding. The Cinebench testing shows a slight advantage for the Vengeance LPX kit by less than 2% on both tests. The 7zip results again show an advantage for the Vengeance LPX kit when compared to the G.Skill DDR4 kit. The PoV Ray and x264 test runs again show the Vengeance LPX kit coming out on top by 2% or less.

Cinebench, 7zip, & x264 Tests

7zip, x264 & Cinebench Benchmarks – Raw Data
Kit CB R10 CB R11.5 7zip x264 Pass 1 x264 Pass 2
Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400 (DC) 31410 8.84 24853 192.47 50.35
G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2666 (DC) 31582 8.90 24951 196.67 50.26
G.Skill TridentX DDR3 2400 (QC) 35523 11.23 33358 194.01 60.75
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4-3000 (QC) 43884 15.26 42473 204.95 83.42
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 (QC) 44206 15.49 43640 208.17 84.80

Even though the Vengeance LPX system runs with a little CPU and Cache overclock when its XMP profile is set, it does run 200 MHz slower and has looser timings than the G.Skill DDR4 kit. That being said, you really can’t take anything away from the performance the Vengeance LPX kit showed in these benchmarks. Nothing at all to complain about on the performance front!

Overclocking

Remember when I showed you that a XMP #2 profile showed up in the motherboard BIOS? I just had to check that out. I set the BCLK back down to 125 MHz, used the BIOS selectable DDR4 3000 MHz option, and set the voltage to 1.35 V. I think you know how this is going to turn out… Yep, it booted right into Windows and passed a HyperPi 32M run without even batting an eye. No adjustments to timings or anything else were needed for this to work. Just set it, forget it, and go. Talk about adding value to a memory kit… I’d say so.

HyperPi Stable @ 3000 MHz

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get much of an increase at all from 3000 MHz. The little I was able to get really isn’t worth even showing here. The particlular I7 5960X I have works fantastic up to 3000 MHz memory, but the IMC seems to be unable to cope with anything faster than that. In order to get past that barrier you have to take the IMC out of the picture as much as possible, which requires raising almost all of the third tier timing set. Doing that comes at the expense of a severe performance hit, so it’s really not worth it. However, there’s nothing wrong with the 200 MHz overclock we got by manually applying XMP #2 settings.

So, let’s drop the memory back down to its advertised speed and see what we can do about tightening up the timings a bit. Setting the memory voltage to 1.4 V, I was able to achieve a substantial drop in the major timing set. I ended up at 13-15-15-36-1T, which is a lot better than the stock 16-18-18-36-2T timings.

13-15-15-36-1T HyperPi Stable

Conclusion

Corsair will most definitely meet the demands of the enthusiast user with the Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 kit. It looks great, overclocks nicely, and performs terrific. In all honestly, there is no reason you can’t just set this kit to run at 3000 MHz and go along your merry way. Depending on the CPU and motherboard you use, you may be able to push it even further than our system allowed.

The low profile heatspreaders allow the kit to be used in a wide variety of system configurations without sacrificing aesthetic value. Considering you have three colors to choose from, you should be able to match a set of Vengeance LPX to just about any system’s color scheme. The extensive compatibility testing and the limited lifetime warranty ensure a trouble free experience for as long as you keep the kit in service.

As far as pricing goes, the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 kit is currently selling for $389 at Newegg. There aren’t many DDR4 2800 MHz kits available at Newegg, but this kit is about the least expensive of the bunch. So, even though DDR4 is an expensive proposition right now, the Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800 kit is priced appropriately.

If you’re jumping on the Haswell-E/X99 bandwagon, the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR-2800 16 GB memory kit is definitely worth considering for your memory selection. Great performance, good overclocking, and priced as it should be all add up to Overclockers Approved!

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