Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 16GB DDR3 1866MHz Memory Kit Review

A Closer Look At Corsairs Vengeance Pro

Corsair picked a nice and simple package. It worked plenty well to keep the modules in place and protected. The front end of this package basically tells you what size kit you purchased, has a product shot of the color kit, and thats about it.

Flip the package around, and Corsair has a little blurb about the Vengeance Pro kit in multiple languages. You can also see the finer details of the memory as there is a cutout that shows the sticker on the RAM module. This particular kit is the 16GB (2x 8GB) running at 1866MHz with 9-10-9-27 timings at 1.5v.

Opening up the package you see the two modules sandwiched between plastic. Opening this up is a synch; you just have to separate the two halves and they come apart with little effort. While you are opening it, you have to be careful or take note of what side the modules are molded into. If you open it wrong, the modules will slide out of their slots and could inadvertently fall onto a hard surface. Dont say I didn’t warn you!

The modules in this kit came with the silver and black heat spreader. This is a nice neutral color and should go with anything. They look constructed quite nicely, too. Corsair didnt have the technical specifications listed, so my measurement from the bottom of the PCB to the very top of the heat spreader came in at 44.45mm. This is somewhat tall, but it should not get in the way of most water cooling loops or large aftermarket air coolers.

Looking closely at the side profile, you can take a look at the 8-layer PCB, which is black in color. Who doesn’t love black components?

On the rear of the RAM module is where you can find the sticker with the specifications. It tells you the initial memory kit size (2x 8GB in this case), XMP frequency, timings, voltage, and more.

Next up lets take a quick peek at the test system, then get on to the benchmarking!