Corsair Dominator vs Vengence?

[crazymonkeyzero]

Hey Anandtech Community,

Was making a new build and was wondering which corsair memory was better for my needs. I use my computer for workstation based software and highly threaded applications.The build will be based off of Intel Core i7 sandy bridge/1155 platform and I will not be overclocking...just fyi. Also in general, what is the advantage, if any, by choosing dominator memory by corsair or is it just a waste of extra money compared to cheaper vengeance ram?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233198

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145312


Thanks in advance for everyone's help and advice.

 

[fffblackmage]

Go with the Vengeance ram. It runs on just 1.5V (versus 1.65V), it's faster (1600MHz instead of 1333MHz), no tall fancy heatspreader fins, and it's cheaper.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Sandy Bridge needs 1.5V RAM. That should be the deciding factor. I had some 1.65V Dominator DDR3-1600 which I sold off to get the SB-compliant stuff. Otherwise there is no perceptible performance diff.

 

[mkmitch]

Just finished a build with the vengeance you are looking at. Glad I went with it, fits nicely under the hyper evo, runs the timings as advertised and under xmp profile runs at 1600.

 

[crazymonkeyzero]

ok, thanks guys, I;ll go with vengeance as it's cheaper and better for SB. Also, noob question, what exactly is XMP?

 

[Elcs]

ok, thanks guys, I;ll go with vengeance as it's cheaper and better for SB. Also, noob question, what exactly is XMP?

eXtreme Memory Profile.

The memory module can tell the BIOS it's optimum settings for max speed operation. ie. 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 for example.

 

[Synomenon]

Just got my 32GB of Vengeance (2x 16GB kits) replaced by Corsair for a 32GB Dominator kit. The sticks say 1.5v on them...