The Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB kit is comprised of two 8GB modules and has a rated speed of 1,866MHz. You must enable Intel’s Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in your motherboard’s BIOS to run the kit at its rated speed, however, so make sure your BIOS includes this function before you buy the kit.
Unlike many high speed memory kits, the Corsair Vengeance Pro eschews silly, Geiger-esque fins and instead has a bar running along its top edge that conveniently acts as a handle, making the memory even easier to remove and grip. It’s worth noting that the kit’s height could make it difficult to fit large third-party coolers.
According to Corsair, the Corsair Vengeance Pro is tuned for Intel’s new 4th-generation Haswell products as well as older Ivy Bridge systems, so we were eager to see how it performed in both setups.
We initially tested it with a Core i5-4670K processor and an Asus Z87-Pro motherboard, and saw a performance increase of two points when running the kit at 1,866MHz compared to running it at 1,333MHz. Our Haswell test system scored 114 overall at 1,866MHz and 112 overall at 1,333MHz.
We also tested the kit with an Intel Core i5-3570K processor and an MSI Z77A-G45 motherboard, and were pleased to see a three point increase in performance, with the setup scoring 100 overall at 1,866MHz and 97 overall at 1,333MHz.
We like the Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB kit for its performance and physical design. It is expensive, but it costs less than two packs of Kingston’s HyperX Beast 8GB kits and is comprised of just two modules rather than the four modules of which two HyperX Beast 8GB kits would be comprised. The HyperX Beast kits would provide ever-so-slightly higher performance, but if you want a high quality 16GB memory kit that provides a noticeable increase in performance, then the Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB kit is for you.
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