Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-5000 MHz CL18 2x 8 GB Review - 5 GHz DDR4, the Fastest in the World

Name: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-5000 MHz CL18 2x 8 GB
Brand: Corsair

Nate

on Mar 24th, 2020,

in Memory.

Manufacturer: Corsair

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Test System

Test System
Processor:	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 4.4 GHz (Max Boost Clock), 32 MB Cache
Cooling:	Custom loop: Swiftech Apogee SKF LT block, Bitspower SC6 pump, 360 mm radiator
Motherboard:	MSI MEG X570 ACE AMD X570, BIOS 1.80
Graphics Card:	EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 Ultra
Harddisk:	1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Intel OS) 1x Crucial MX500 250 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (AMD OS) 1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe)
Power Supply:	Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000 W
Case:	Primochill Praxis Wetbench
Software:	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 430.86 WHQL

Initial Setup

The deep black heat spreader on the Corsair Vengeance LPX makes the kit meld into the system and blend nicely with the other components. It is a good fit with the dark colors and yellow accents on my MSI MEG X570 ACE test board, which is great because the Corsair Vengeance LPX 5000 MHz is only validated on high-end MSI X570 motherboards.

Due to the limited validation, there will be no Intel test results for this review. I did make the attempt, but my i9-9900K sample has never been great at extreme memory frequencies. No amount of voltage tweaking could get the kit working at the rated speeds.

Thaiphoon shows that these are Micron B-die, but they are actually E-die chips on an 8-layer PCB.