Features:

  • Designed for high-performance overclocking
  • Designed for great looks; SPD Speed: 2133MHz
  • Performance and Compatibility
  • Low-profile heat spreader design
  • Compatibility: Intel 100 Series,Intel 200 Series,Intel 300 Series,Intel X299
Easy to install, but takes tinkering to get to 3200.

This RAM kit was super easy to install (like all ram kits) and looks good with my black/RGB theme going on. I have a Gigabyte Aorus Pro Wifi B450 Mobo with a Ryzen 7 2700x and of course, these two memory sticks. Ive read on other reviews that they easily went into Bios, set XMP to profile 1 and poof! 3200mhz nice and easy...Well, that wasn't the case for me. Just because it SAYS you have set it to 3200, doesn't mean its running at 3200. Always make sure you check your memory speed in real time with one of the gigabyte apps or CPU-Z. Profile 1 with XMP wouldn't work and it was stuck at 2133. I tried everything, but then I figured out how to manually tune it (gigabytes bios is new to me) and I tried to put in a manual value of 3000. It worked! So I put it back to 3200 and back to 2133. Long story short after some back and forth, the max I could set it to was 3122. Anything higher and it would run at 2133 for some reason. I updated the bios and drivers with the same result. Either way, I am pleased with the result but it did take a bit of tinkering. So if you have the same issue go in and set manual values and then slowly work your way up.

I can confirm that I am successfully running the on ...

I can confirm that I am successfully running the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16W) on a MSI B350 Tomahawk at 3200Mhz. After MSI updated the BIOS on 4/26 I was able to achieve that speed. Before the update, I was able to get it to 2933Mhz. In BIOS I have the speed set to 3200 and the clocks set to 16 18 18 18 36 and the RAM voltage set to AUTO. When I manually set the voltage to 1.350 it did not work. Anyway, hoping this info is helpful for other buyers and obviously, I'm giving this RAM 5 stars for working as intended with my motherboard. UPDATE 5/11/17: I have lowered the speed to 2933Mhz. Several memory tests I ran were showing errors when running at 3200Mhz whereas the 2933Mhz is error free. I am running the latest BIOS (B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) V1.5 BIOS Release). Will retest at a higher speed when new BIOS updates come out.

Posting this information here for anyone that is struggling like I was

After a lot of tinkering and playing guys I figured it out with some help. I could not get the memory to run at 3200, it would just default back to something lower. Posting this information here for anyone that is struggling like I was! Enjoy and hope it works for you all. Final numbers: 16, 18, 18, 18, 36 Voltage 1.35 Frequency 3200 MSI B350 Tomahawk + Ryzen 1700x running at 3.9GHZ 1.425V

Now compatible with Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3

Price was hard to swallow when I ordered back in June, and it's only risen further since then. Alas, that's how it goes if you need DDR4 in 2017. Bought this to go in a Ryzen rig with the nearly ubiquitous Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3. I was initially dismayed to find the board wouldn't POST with this RAM running above 2133 MHz. However, the most recent BIOS update (as of September) has fixed the issue. Now running at 2933 MHz, which corresponds to a decent performance boost. If you're having compatibility issues on Ryzen, make sure to try flashing the newest BIOS.

Working great at 2666 mhz

Received this and installed them in my new Ryzen 5-2600 build. I have a gigabyte b450 Aorus M motherboard. New PC started it up right away with no issues at all with either the ram, CPU, or mobo. Reading that most ram can be overclocked since they are all basically 2400 MHz, I used Gigabyte EasyTune app to do the overclocking. The app makes it very simple since you don't have to enter any numbers in the bios. The app does it for you. You just have to select the speed you want. It runs stable at 2666mhz but when I tried to go to 2933 MHz I finally got the famous blue screen of death, 1st time ever and I have been using computers since DOS. This time I did have to go into the bios to get my system back and reset it back to 2666 MHz and it works flawlessly. I will update to a new bios and see what happens. Remember that ram sold as 2400 MHz is not test it by manufacturer any higher, so some of them might not be able to go as high as others. I am happy it OC to 2666 mhz. Any real difference? Nope!

I was able to get this memory to clock at ...

I was able to get this memory to clock at 3000mhz on my Ryzen 7 1700 on a Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 motherboard. It is on the approved list for this motherboard and I just used an XMP profile and have done many stress tests with no issues.

Ended my AM4 memory woes; wish I'd bought these first!

These worked out of the box on my AMD AM4 system and continue to operate reliably at 2933 MHz, even after 2 bios upgrades (I mention that b/c a set of HyperX memory I had *stopped* working after a bios upgrade). I'd like it more if these were able to hit the 3200 MHz speed they're rated at, but I'm willing to forego the negligible difference that'd net in favor of the reliable performance I've experienced since day 1. These are far and away the best of 3 ram sets I've tried on my AM4 system. Want to provide a couple details for those that may be researching compatibility: 1. I'm using these on an Asrock AB350m motherboard with a 1700x processor (running at stock 3.4 GHz). Very happy w/stability and performance. 2. I previously tried the 2 x 4GB version of this ram (part # CMK8GX4M2B3000C15) but they ran at 2133 Mhz on my Asrock AB350m and I experienced a few system lock ups. A friend's ASUS Prime B350M-A also wouldn't run the 2 x 4GB set faster than 2133 Mhz. So if you're considering the 2 x 4GB set, I'd opt for this 16 GB set instead.

Got the ram working on Ryzen at 3200MHz with some futzing

I am using this ram on a Taichi x370 motherboard with a Ryzen 5 1600x CPU running at 4.0GHz This ram works exceedingly well, though with Ryzen I can't say it has been 100% straight forward. However, as this RAM is only 'technically' certified for Intel platforms, I can't complain too much. This is what I have learned thus far: On my motherboards bios running AGESA v1.0.0.4, I was only able to get this ram to a maximum of 2933MHz, and the rated 3200MHz would not post at all. This ended up being fine, and at 2933MHz the system ran stable and crushed benchmarks. There is great news though! When AMD released the AGESA v1.0.0.6 and my motherboard released a bios with this new code, out of the box again I was still only able to reach 2933MHz, and the stock XMP profile for 3200 MHz would not post, however it didn't cycle on and off like on 1.0.0.4, it just stayed at a black screen with my fans spinning. This gave me hope. With the new AGESA bios v1.0.0.6 AMD finally enabled a ton of RAM configurations and timings to adjust, and while the stock XMP profile for 3200MHz didn't work, I was able to get a fully booted and ~mostly stable system at 3200MHz by using 16-18-18-36-55+ (mine was most stable at ~75) timings that I plugged in manually (the xmp profile was 16-18-18-36-54 I believe). Though I was having random crashing happening still, so I am sticking to 2933MHz for the time being Tl/DR: On new AMD bioses with AGESA 1.0.0.6, you can run this at the rated 3200MHz by adjusting the RAM timings to 16-18-18-36-55+, and it's bootable and ~mostly stable. Though I am stick to 2933MHz which is rock solid for the time being

Good memory

What to say? This is DDR4 memory, got the 3200MHz fastest one and it worked without problems in a dual channel machine. Don't forget to enable XMP Profile in your BIOS right away or it will work at standard 2133 MHz.

This is the 2x8gb pack. Current description and pics are slightly confusing

It's RAM, it has heat spreaders, this is a 2x8gb kit (16gb total). The description and pics could be better, so here are actual pics of what ships when you order 1. Figured the spreader height might be useful to those planning on using monstrous heat sinks with their new skylake chip. Update 2017-Sept (2 years later) - The original kit is still working well in a system that is my daily use workstation (left on 24x7). I've since bought a half dozen more of these kits to use and have as yet run into a bad dimm. Mostly these have been put into Gigabyte Z170 & Z270 chipset boards and none have had an issue getting the advertised speed when using the XMP setting.

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