Which RAM is better?

childofthetao · Aug 26, 2014

Hi, could someone tell me please what is the better of these two RAMs please.

Corsair Vengeance Pro

G-Skill TridentX

tambeshakunt · Aug 26, 2014

Both are reputed manufacturers...

The Corsair has lower latency of CL9, whereas the Gskill has CL10, I believe.

The Corsair has slightly better heat spreaders imo, which might help if you are OCing them. I would pick the Corsair, depending on price.

MeteorsRaining · Aug 26, 2014

The Trident X, they're cheaper, better, cooler sticks.

Agera One · Aug 26, 2014

Since they both have the same frequency, timing and dual-channel capability.. The performance difference is unnoticeable, but experts always said me go with TridentX when it comes in competition with Vengeance pro..

MeteorsRaining · Aug 26, 2014

tambeshakunt :

Both have CL10. Trident X are excellent OCers, better than the Pro. Corsair is big and bulky, have large heatspreaders, get heated up comparatively quickly and overpriced. You can get the Trident X cheaper:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0080FFZ8E/ref=olp_tab_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
The Vengeance Pro would be a few bucks cheaper than 200:
http://www.ebuyer.com/394943-corsair-16gb-ddr3-2400mhz-dominator-platinum-series-cmd16gx3m2a2400c10

tambeshakunt · Aug 26, 2014

MeteorsRaining :

tambeshakunt :

Both have CL10. Trident X are excellent OCers, better than the Pro. Corsair is big and bulky, have large heatspreaders, get heated up comparatively quickly and overpriced. You can get the Trident X cheaper:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0080FFZ8E/ref=olp_tab_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
The Vengeance Pro would be a few bucks cheaper than 200:
http://www.ebuyer.com/394943-corsair-16gb-ddr3-2400mhz-dominator-platinum-series-cmd16gx3m2a2400c10

My bad...

Agera One · Aug 26, 2014

The corsair has SPD latency as 9-9-9-24.. The tested latency is C10.. I think SPD latency is important..

MeteorsRaining · Aug 26, 2014

SPD latencies are the timings that is programmed into the SPD chip. The test latencies are the timings that the stick has been tested at. The SPD settings are 'safe latencies' for the stick. It means the stick can run at the defined SPD latency.

But the catch is, most Intel and AMD CPUs don't support speed greater than 1600Mhz and Voltage >1.5V and so sticks are downclocked automatically in order to support the recommended config. The user needs to enable XMP to get the speed, and this config is called 'tested' config.

I was unable to find the SPD latencies of the Trident X ones, so we should compare them with the tested latencies, and they'd be running at tested latencies and not SPD anyways.

For 1600MHz with 1.5V or lower, the SPD latencies hold true, but anything above that, and we'll have to enable XMP, in order to get the 'marketted' speed, and would thus end up having the Tested latency.

childofthetao · Aug 26, 2014

Thanks guys you've been an awesome help. G-Skill it is then!

MeteorsRaining · Aug 26, 2014

Glad to help!
PS: Don't mind selecting a best answer

Tradesman1 · Aug 26, 2014

MeteorsRaining :

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+1 The SPD timings are nothing more than info for the BIOS to take in to set the sticks initially to the BIOS's (mobo's) default freq

sora · Aug 27, 2014

childofthetao :

The TridentX would be better. This is also coming from a Corsair Vengeance Pro owner.

Tradesman1 · Aug 27, 2014

Agree have used most of the models of DRAM out there and Tridents have been my #1 for over 2 years now

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