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

Installed easy enough and upgraded my current with the same as these to double the RAM. Corsair is a wonderful brand totally recommend.

Plugged it in and it worked. Seems good to me

Worked as intended, fast shipping

Previously had 8 ram so I'm very happy and it makes my game run smoother.

reliability, good price, good quality

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.

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 down2. Very sleek looking and has aluminum heat sinks for cooling, improves durability and life3. 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.

Not really sure what else to say. Bought two sets to replace two sets of 4x4's in my tower. They were the same as the last two I bought to augment the original two sets of 4x4's, so now I've got four sets of 2x8's. I have so many windows open with so many tabs right now, and I can do this while playing Destiny 2 and rendering video in Premier without my computer grinding to a halt. If your mobo is of the type that takes this particular RAM (do consult your motherboard's manual to find out what MHz and which brands and such your board can take before making a RAM decision) then I totally recommend these sets.Sidenote: I gave it 5 stars for ease of install since my motherboard has them just click into place so I don't need to pop the clips in manually or anything like that. It also has them spaced nicely flanking my processor, which has a low profile liquid cooling unit attached so there's plenty of room for my hands to insert them. Depending on where your RAM slots are on your board, and how large the other contents of your tower are, YMMV as far as ease of installation.