Review: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3200

Conclusion

Memory manufacturers are hoping Intel's Skylake platform gives DDR4 a much-needed shot in the arm from this month onwards.

Most have taken the Skylake opportunity to release a number of new kits for the fledgling platform that are equipped with XMP 2.0 settings for easy-as-pie configuration.

Skylake's integrated memory controller appears to offer more scope for running faster DDR4 RAM than the initial X99 platform, with 3,600MHz kits readily available.

Corsair believes there's only a small price premium to pay for using 3,000MHz-plus kits instead of JEDEC 2,133MHz, and a case in point is the 16GB LPX 3,200 CL16 kit reviewed today.

Offering four modules and performance that's a few per cent better than basic DDR4 on a Core i7-6700K, it makes a modicum of sense if you want the very last ounce of performance out of the system.

We'd still like to see the price drop closer to £100 before making an outright recommendation, and would prefer two larger-capacity modules instead of four, but anyone considering Skylake should be looking at fast RAM as standard.

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Corsair Vengeance LPX 3,200 DDR4 16GB (4x4GB)

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The Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3200 memory kit is available to purchase from Scan Computers.

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