CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 3000MHz CL15-17-17-35 1.35V Intel AMD Desktop Computer Memory - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15)

I’ve had the CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 3000 MHz (2×8 GB) in my editing system since 2019, now running a total of 32 GB, and it’s still doing its job reliably in 2025. From day one it’s handled 4K footage and heavy editing workloads without crashes or instability. The modules install easily, and BIOS has always detected them properly. Even after years of use, I’ve never had a failure or issue. While it’s not the absolute fastest RAM available today, the performance has been more than adequate for my workflow — rendering, playback, multitasking — everything runs smoothly. It keeps pace well, and the value for what it delivers over time has been great. If I were summarizing: dependable, rock-solid, and long-lasting. For an editing rig that doesn’t demand bleeding-edge specs, this Corsair LPX kit has been a dependable workhorse.

Works as advertized in my PC Build, solid product.

reliability, good price, good quality

Its ram, its fast, and it works out of the box. I picked this pair up on sale and for the price i'm very satisfied. the xmp profile has become a standard at this point so you don't have to deal with timings in the bios when installing these. i didn't try to push them to see if they would go any faster as i didn't feel the need, some might but i can't speak to it. The timings are reasonable for the speed and your not going to find anything guaranteed at faster timings/MHz without spending quite a bit more. One thing i have to mention is that corsair does really understand little things that make a product better. for instance, the actual stick of ram is the same color as the heatspreaders which is a very nice detail. i've seen other brands that just have the basic green underneath a fake heatspreader that basically sits over the ram and isn't even in contact with it. It's easy to see that these are solid and well manufactured. Corsair also has good QC, as i've never purchased something from them that was DOA (*though it does happen). This is a good set of ram and if your looking for something that looks nice and preforms well then go ahead and grab these up.

At first, I bought and installed a Crucial 16GB Single DDR4 UDIMM CL17 memory into my new MSI X470 Gaming Plus motherboard with Ryzen 5 CPU. I'm experienced with building PC's from scratch, been my hobby since college. When I started the computer for the first time, it would not post or allow me to go into BIOS, and gave out 3 long beeps. Online search found that it's a memory not detected, or faulty. I don't think it's a bad motherboard because I've never had a motherboard fail, but I've had lots of memory cards that did fail even when new. If cheap components are used in a memory card, it will have lots of quality and compatibility issues. After trying to re-seat the 16GB card many times, it finally worked without explanation. In BIOS, I wasn't able to enable my motherboard's XMP to adjust memory speed or settings (all XMP settings were locked out). After running it for a few hours, I shut the PC down to install a new CD-Rom. Then when I turn my PC on, again would not post or allow me to go into BIOS, gave three long beeps, memory issue again. I finally gave up on the Crucial 16GB card and bought a premium gaming memory, CORSAIR 16GB (8GB x 2) Vengeance LPX, CL15, 3000 Mhz. After installing the Corsair memory cards, the computer booted fine the first time, and booted up twice as fast into Windows 10. My first guess is the Crucial memory cards are defective or has compatibility issues. My second guess is the CL17 of the Crucial memory is too slow for the Ryzen 5 2nd gen CPU and motherboard, and Ryzen 5 needs memory cards rated at CL15 and CL16 or faster (the lower the CL the faster the memory). Funny thing is after I purchased the Corsair Vengeance, as I was waiting for it to ship to my house, the Crucial 16GB was working again, computer was able to boot up. It's as if it knows the Crucial memory is getting replaced and it decided to work again. After installing the Corsair Vengeance cards, the default speed was at 2100 Mhz, without XMP configuration. I went into the Bios, enabled A-XMP, set it to profile 2, and it's now operating at 2933 Mhz, close to the advertised speed of 3000 Mhz! Very happy with the Corasir Vengeance memory cards ($110 at time of purchase) even though it was $11 more than the Crucial card. Pro's: 1. Much faster than CL17 cards, noticeable shorter boot time to Windows 10 (10 seconds versus 20 seconds on the CL17 card), faster shut down 2. Very sleek looking and has aluminum heat sinks for cooling, improves durability and life 3. XMP compatible. Easy to configure over clocking using most newer motherboards that has XMP. 4. More reliable and higher quality. Didn't have trouble on first boot. Cons: 1. A bit more expensive than the average memory cards. 2. 8GB x 2 cards used up 2 of my 4 slots on an ATX motherboard. If one is building on a Micro ATX motherboard where there are only 2 memory slots, one will not be able to expand the memory in the future as both slots are used up.

I used this for my desktop build with an MSI Z370 SLI PLUS, i7 8700k and a GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition. The installation process was straightforward and getting Windows 10 set up was a cake. Or so I thought. After I realized that the RAM was clocked at 2133MHz, I went to the BIOS and enabled the XMP profile to clock it at 3000 MHz. It worked, for a little bit, until I began to get blue screens whenever I played Battlefield 4. I decided to underclock the RAM to 2400MHz and have CAS Latency at 12. I didn’t blue screen after that, but how did this one slip through the cracks? I don’t know. Hope Corsair’s QA run through their RAM sticks because I purchased this to run at 3000MHz and I had to underclock it to be stable. It runs fine, but I’m not going to take any chances and start an RMA process with Amazon or Corsair. I did run MemTest86+ and it wouldn’t finish the test because it had so many errors that it had to abort. This isn’t gonna discourage me from buying Corsair products, but now I have to be more thorough to make sure that their products can hold up and do to their exact specifications. Attached is my MemTest86+ I ran last night as of this review on 3/2/19. Do I recommend Corsair? For AIO coolers, and PSU’s, yes I do. RAM? It’s a hit or miss. Depends on your luck with the silicon lottery. Update: Last Tuesday I received my replacement memory modules, ran the XMP profile on it and haven’t had any BSODs at all so far. Ran Prime 95 for a day and no issues were found. I’ll bump up my product rating from a 2 to a 4.

Great! Bought this for my very first desktop gaming PC. Still run alright.

I needed another 16GB set for my i5-8600k. I already had a 16GB set of G.Skill RipJaws but need the additional capacity for some memory intensive media work (very large image files) I'm doing lately. I ordered this set at a good price to make sure I had plenty of memory available. After getting these two sticks installed, with XMP enabled on my Z370 MB I booted into Linux (I dual boot with Windows 10) and ran a bunch of memory benchmarks through Phoronix. I saw nice increases across the board. Real world performance is as expected. I can load up the large, high-dpi images in GIMP for processing now much faster. Corsair makes good stuff. I've bought memory, cases, coolers, and accessories from them in the past and been very satisfied. At this price, this RAM is a good upgrade or starter set if you're building a new box.