Test System

Initial Setup

As soon as you get these Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO sticks in your system and hit the power button you'll likely feel just as I do about these sticks. With so many RGB offerings available these days, I am ever hesitant, as I am afraid of seeing the exact same RGB presentation on every stick, but that certainly has not been the case. Whether it's the brightness, color, or simply the smoothness of transition of color from one area of the DIMMs to the next, the Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO sticks certainly have a look that is all their own, right out of the box. The cut-outs on top of the heatspreader for a grill-like pattern really help accentuate the Vengeance RGB PRO's appearance.


Once you get into playing with the software, these sticks stand out from others for sure.


Of course, we have to take a moment to look into the board's BIOS to see what's going on. You can see my manually set voltages above, and what the board then reads as being supplied. By default, the board forced 1.325 V VCCIO power and 1.398 V to the VCCSA domain, but as you can see, I definitely did not need that much. I really hate how this board does this, but hey, did you notice? I have 4000 MHz perfectly stable on the sub-$200 i5-8400!!! This is a testament to how well these sticks are hand-screened before they make their way into your system—these aren't some pre-overclocked sticks that live on the edge of stability, but sticks that are ready to push the limits should your OTHER hardware be capable. You don't need to have the most expensive hardware to push these sticks, but I must admit it does help to have a good CPU to start with for sure.



So here are my CPU-Z screenshots from within the OS; normal Turbo profiling and extreme memory speed. Something about that 4000 MHz memory with a CPU that Turbos up to 4000 MHz just makes me feel all warm inside. :P