Reddit mentions of Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4-21300) C16 Memory Kit - Black

Memory prices have been all over the place as of late, not sure what's going on with that.

I just picked up this kit myself. Managed to get it for $59.99, and I check now, It's $70.66 for the same kit.

Their Ryzen Test bench is running with extremely poor timings (16-17-17-36-1T) compared to the 7900X (14-16-16-36-2T). They're also using the C6H which has memory training issues even with the newer BIOS updates.

They're also using a kit (Probably 2 of this this one based on the timings) which is known to have poor compatibility with Ryzen. [I switched links a few times]

I could go on, but this review shows that they have very little knowledge of how Ryzen interracts with high speed memory, or what memory is better performing on Ryzen. They should be using 3200MHz B-die (e.g. G.Skill's 3200C14 TridentZs) on Ryzen as a baseline, as that is what most people (Including myself) suggest right now.

It's cheaper on Amazon though

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1500272826&sr=8-7&keywords=corsair+ddr4+16gb

Just set the timings to 14-14-14-30-44, tRFC 340/254/156 at 1.25v, and bam. You got the good shit. Hilariously, with these timings, my RAM performance trades blows with most standard 3200mhz sticks.

But, as you said. Money.

If you don’t know the difference you don’t need 32gbs of ram.


I’d like the above user said, get an ssd and ram upgrade as that’s pretty cheap and helps a lot! Especially the ssd.


Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7E1T0BW) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN217QG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_i7K3Db5TA5R0K

Your gonna have to reinstall windows.


Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4 21300) C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_iaL3Db9MWZM5Z




The ssd will make a HUGE difference as well as the ram should help out but for sure get that SSD upgrade. And don’t get 32gbs of ram. That’s to much.

Yes, for that price or even less there are some two-stick 16gb ram available that are 100% going to work fine together.

This Vengeance LPX DDR4 could be an example, but it depends on the rest of your set-up to find a compatible ram:

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=CMK16GX4M2A2666C16&qid=1573204958&sr=8-3

Hey all,
Thanks for your replies and help!
I've now switched the PSU and the SSD based on recommendations here. Also got rid of everything else than the components on the list so that people can see the price of the computer itself without all the extras.

I'm now considering getting 16GB of RAM instead of just 8GB. I think I've whittled down my choices to these two:

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz

Corsair Vengeance LED 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 2666MHz

Which one would you go for, or would you pick something else? Is it worth putting a little extra money to get more speed?

Thank you for your help!

Saw this deal and got curious about my build last year for RAM speed. Found out one of my sticks is done. And single sticks aren't available for this brand and speed. Always ran stock.

I guess I know what early Christmas present I'm getting myself this year.

Swapped the ram for this set instead. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0123ZC44Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

So I have a question then. I'm also looking at the Corsair LPX 2666Hz 16Gb (link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0123ZC44Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496180762&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=CMK16GX4M2B3200C16&dpPl=1&dpID=410ZIrDj5cL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1).

So with the Agesa update, or even with the future updates/patches for ryzen, would this 2666Hz be able to go up to 3200Hz (when OC'ed further of course)?

The 3200Hz is CAD $169, and the 2666Hz is CAD $149 btw.

I could be wrong but you should be able to run it faster with the older BIOS. Im running Corsair 2666Mhz RAM (this one) and with the newest BIOS it won't go above 2133, but when I downgrade it allows me to enable XMP from the BIOS which makes the RAM run at full speed.

Ah gotcha. Maybe make these changes to save some money and have a little left over for a better monitor? These parts are comparable and form personal experience, work great. Motherboard and RAM. The RGB from the fans might be enough to make your build look how you want without the RGB RAM so there's a way to save some money. I think it's a small aesthetic sacrifice to pay for a monitor on which your games will play and look better. I bet you can also save a few bucks on a PSU that's in the 650W range. There are also these RGB fans that are slightly cheaper but do the job just as well. Just a thought but the build looks great either way. Good luck.

Do you by chance live where there's lots of lightning strikes? Could have been a major power surge fried your gear.

It's anyone guess what really happened but if your previous psu was underrated or always running under high load that could have contributed to the problem somewhat. Also if your home has bad ground wiring that could have caused a major overload.

I've only ever had one pc die in a glorious puff of smoke and it had a grannie station cheap ass power supply.

Everything else besides the power supply survived the dead psu and fortunately it didn't melt and start an electrical fire.

I'd say your fortunate you were home when it failed or you could have been buying more than replacement pc components.

Also the parts list you quoted looks ok but i'd recommend buying DDR4-2666 memory at the most as this speed of memory does not require a non spec voltage overclock and the differences between what you have now and ddr4-2666 will already be amazing.

skylake cpu's run on a much lower voltage than older generation cpu's and may be somewhat sensitive to voltage overclocked components.

Here's an amazon link to the corsair ram kits i'm using with my skylake builds. This ram and the z170-a asus board has been extremely stable and reliable with not one single bsod.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0123ZC44Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Also consider the asus z170-a board instead of the P variant. there may be minor differences i've not looked at but the z170-a board has a very reliable reputation and I own two of them and can confirm the results.

Also for $10 less you can buy a noctua NH-D15s air cooler that will never fail, leak and destroy your shiny new hardware :)

Try to resist "I enabled it because it looked cool!" and you' should have a reliable pc for many years.

Sorry should have probably provided links.

Chasse:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00YJJBFIO/ref=ox_sc_act_image_8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Cpu:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B012M8LXQW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Motherboard:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0126R4F8W/ref=ox_sc_act_image_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

RAM:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0123ZC44Y/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

CPU COOLER:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00VB3Y89E/ref=ox_sc_act_image_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AHG2MI785YUY7

Graphics card:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01JNUO6BG/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

And finally the power supply:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00K85X2A2/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I know it looks like crap, but I don't know how to hyper link.

Is this motherboard compatible with this RAM
http://www.pc-store.fi/msi-z170-a-pro-lga1151-z170/cat-p/c/p8338018
It says that this motherboard is compatible with : 2133,2400,2600,2800,3000,3200 MHz and my RAM is 2666 MHz.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0123ZC44Y/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So this would be good Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4 21300) C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7lMQDbP7REDEQ

find other ram such as

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0123ZC44Y/?tag=pcpapi-20

same specs, much cheaper.

> F4-2666C15D-8GVR

Not listed according to the QVL. I used CTRL + F to make it easier to find it. Looks like your RAM is indeed incompatible. You have to get another model of RAM such as this Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz RAM.

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-3200MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y?th=1

Note that even though it has different frequency models by the same company, it looks like it won't support anything higher than 2666MHz. Be cautious of that.

I'm probably going to just get a new CPU, motherboard and RAM because it seems like a better idea in the long run than to just limit myself to what my current board can utilize and my RAM could definitely be better anyways, so meh why not. Thanks again though, I appreciate it. :)

I'm currently thinking about this:

1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07598VZR8/ref=twister_B07CN3RVTF?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
   
   
2. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157816&Description=intel%20300%20series%20motherboard&cm_re=intel_300_series_motherboard-_-13-157-816-_-Product
   
   
3. https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1543129405&sr=1-1&keywords=2666
   
   What do you think? I think it's pretty good.

I do recommend Corsair Vengeance LPX as far as cheaper end, while still reliable, DDR4. (If you can't find a good deal here, ofc.)

So here's what I would recommend ditch your motherboard and CPU buy a Ryzen 5 2600x. For the motherboard get a ASRock Atx Motherboard B450 Pro4 its out of stock on amazon at the moment but it will be in stock again on the 24th you could also order it from newegg. Your current CPU cooler should have come with a AMD AM4 mount but if you don't have it the CPU does come with a decent cooler and you won't really need to overclock it so it should work fine, You could also buy a mounting kit for AMD CPU's from Corsair. Next on the list would be a video card otherwise the new CPU would be bottle necked so I think you should get a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Edition, New it costs $279.99 but you can buy a used one off amazon for $206.24 either way you should have some money left $606.59 if you go with new and $532.84 if you go with used. After that you'll want some new ram so I would recommend the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB(2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz, If you went with the new video card that will put you at $716.58 if you went with the used video card that will put you at $642.83. Just in case you don't know this your old ram won't work in a ddr4 slot so don't try and force it in. In any case if you went with the used video card or you don't mind spending a little over budget I would next get a ssd my recommendation would be the Intel SSD 760P Series 256GB M.2 80MM PCIe 3.0 X4 That with the used video card will bring the total up to $715.82 with the new video card it would be $789.57. Anyways I hope that helps a little bit.

It seems to be in line with other prices for that speed, although if your buying it used then thats not a good price.

Heres some results from amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XNPT8J9/ref=psdcmw_172500_t1_B0123ZC44Y

https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Vengeance-2x8GB-2666MHz-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539272515&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=2666%2Bram&dpPl=1&dpID=41tW6Kpw1xL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1
This says it has automatic overclock with xmp 2.0, would that rise above 2800 or is it locked at 2666

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y

Okay thanks for the advice! ill definitly look into the suggestions and make a decision, also wouldn't this ram be better for the build? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMK16GX4M2A2666C16-Vengeance-2666Mhz-Performance/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473700038&sr=8-1&keywords=2666+ram

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Thanks, that's exactly what I needed... oddly enough, the German Page does not provide that PDF.
Anyway, went for this one: Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB Kit @2666MHz
Was the best budget version I found that supports the full 2666

Took the extra Bucks to go for 16 instead of 8 GB, I think it's worth it

Thanks for the input! Already have the research going and I think I'm going to attempt this DIY build! My friend still has all the other parts in his laptop, he upgraded his motherboard to one with a GTX 1070 and gave me the old one with the GTX 1060.

I think I can build an adequate desktop for around $650 based on the following parts and prices I found:

Heat Sink/Fan Assembly: $50 https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=24584

Power Button Cricuit Board: $15 https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=25014#video

DC Power Jack Cable: $13 https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-DC-Power-Jack-In-Cable-for-Dell-Alienware-17-R2-R3-P43F-T8DK8-DC30100TO00/371650335971?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41451%26meid%3D181e940c80a24d109a2918f307744ffb%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D282574581355&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Dual Wifi Antennas: $2 https://www.ebay.com/p/US-Universal-Internal-Antenna-for-Wireless-WiFi-Mini-PCI-Pci-e-Laptop-Computer/1348581337?iid=191583624395

180W Power Adapter: $70 https://www.amazon.com/BAY-Direct-74X5J-JVF3V-DA180PM111/dp/B0768F9T3J/ref=sr_1_30_sspa?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1510619852&sr=1-30-spons&keywords=alienware+15&psc=1

Corsair Vengeance 16 GB RAM: $180 https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-3000MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y?th=1

Samsung EVO 500 GB m.2 SATA SSD: $250 https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E500BW/dp/B01M20VBU7

Intel 7265 WLAN Card: $25 https://www.amazon.ca/Intel-Network-7265-NGWG-W-WIRELESS-AC-Bluetooth/dp/B00RCZ4I6S/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_bs_lp_tr_t_1/130-6825905-9627626?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=PMR6Q6H6XC654K801J6B

DIY Acrylic Casing: TBD

With a cheap custom acrylic casing for all these components, I think this may be an adequate and cost effective build!

hey men, i'm placing the order now but it seems the RAM is out of stock and no delivery date available, can i switch for this model :

Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 Stores (2666 MHz, 2 x 8GB) Black

https://www.amazon.de/Corsair-CMK16GX4M2A2666C16-Vengeance-Desktop-Arbeitsspeicher/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1512040522&sr=1-1&keywords=ddr4+2666+16gb

I am running Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 at 2666 MHz. The timing is C16. I posted the amazon link.

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y

I'm assuming you will be playing at 1080P?

If that is the case, you will have no issues at all running D2 at 60+ fps. If you tweak a few settings you could probably push fps more in the range of 80-100.

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If the 8gb of memory really bothers you, you can always just buy a 16gb kit.

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y

From what I read about the system you are looking at, the max speed the motherboard supports is 2666mhz.

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But yeah, hope you enjoy the switch to PC. Once i jumped over, i never looked back!

Hey, man. Alrighty. So, a couple of things here....

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1. Even for the same model (e.g. BB960), IBUYPOWER doesn't necessarily use the same components (I suspect that they pull whatever they have available in inventory). So your motherboard could be practically anything that supports an Intel 9th generation CPU. To find out exactly which motherboard you have, run System Info in Windows 10. Then look for the BaseBoardManufacturer, BaseBoardProduct, and BaseBoardVersion fields. That'll tell you what MoBo you have. Then you can Google for that mother board's manual to read through it to see what RAM type and max speeds it supports.
   
2. That said, looking at the specs on Best Buy, it comes with 8 GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 2666 Mhz. So, if you just want to get identical RAM, then you can buy pretty much any DDR4 2666 Mhz stick. Something like Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=corsair+ddr4+2666&qid=1563028677&s=gateway&sr=8-1) or the RGB version of that if you like that sort of thing ( https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B07D1WWBL3/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=corsair+ddr4+2666&qid=1563028677&s=gateway&sr=8-3 ) would be just fine.
   
3. Also, looking at the video card, you have an NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060. So, that's a pretty good card. If you were going to upgrade, it would likely be to either an RTX 2080 Super or an RTX 2080 Ti. Either of those will run you about $1K. So I'm not sure if it's worth it to you.
   
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   I hope that helps. Thanks and have a good one.
   
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   Chris

Not sure about timing but these are the links for the parts:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XJ9LMRQ?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-win10-other-nomod-us000-pcomp-feature-pcomp-wm-3&ref=aa_pcomp_spk1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=twister_B01M33CGCY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231892&cm_re=G_skill_ddr4_2666-_-20-231-892-_-Product
Thank you.

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2666MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0123ZC44Y/ref=sxin_3_ac_d_rm

There ya go. Much better timings, and only a few dollars more.

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