A Closer Look

The Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kits are currently only available in Matte Black for Intel, with possible options like Cool Grey for AMD or White for Intel in the future. The appearance takes inspiration from the DDR4 Vengeance Pro and RT lines that came before it, with a few minor alterations. Because this is the non-RGB version, the DIMMs height is slightly lower compared to the RGB version, due to not having LEDs and a light diffuser on top.


The Vengeance logo is centered across a bushed aluminium section. The white and yellow lettering are as expected, following the Corsair Vengeance color branding. The memory also has a repeating pattern of triangles that start small on the sides and steadily increases in size towards the center. These are most visible on the Cool Grey version, but are still prominent in the matte black colorway as well.


On one side of each DIMM module is the identification sticker listing the SKU, rated XMP operating frequency, corresponding voltage of 1.25, and XMP related timings. One thing Corsair does well is to include a revision number (3.53.03) on the sticker that quickly identifies which memory ICs are used. Corsair changes this number every time an internal revision is made.


Laying the DIMMs on the side, the triangle pattern is flush across, adding little, if any extra thermal dissipation. The pattern is just for aesthetics. Because these are matte-black, the White Corsair logo may be the only thing visible of the memory DIMMs inside a computer case.



The Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 kit weighs in at 40 grams on the scale. For Z-height, it comes in at 35 mm rounding down.


After taking the heatspreader apart, we see that Corsair does not use a customized PCB for the non-RGB Vengeance series. Instead, it looks like the standard layout of components. Nothing fancy here, but it doesn't affect the overclocking capabilities either, which we will get to later in this review. This Corsair kit does have a thermal pad for all the ICs and critical components. This is extra important due to increased temperatures from the higher voltages accompanying increased memory frequencies.


A closer look at the ICs shows that these are Spectek, which is a division of Micron. While these are effectively rebranded Micron memory, it does have its own part number (PT040-56B), or commonly known as Spectek DDR5 B-Die. Currently, Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix are the three suppliers of DDR5 ICs. However, only Micron / Spectek and SK Hynix have released Non-binary 3 GB ICs to the consumer market. Both of which perform worse than their 2 GB counterparts due to different sub-timings. So far, Micron 3 GB ICs have shown to reach at least 7000 MT/s, while SK Hynix has seen up to 8200 MT/s in a retail kit so far.


With DDR5, one of the major changes is how the motherboard directly provides 5 V to the memory module's PMIC, which is then stepped down and split accordingly. No longer is the motherboard responsible for regulating the voltages, as with DDR4. The PMIC has the part number "0H=9G 430" of which software reports Richtek being the manufacturer. Internet investigation provides no additional information.