News - Corsair seeks Vengeance with new high-performance RAM kits

[HEXUS]

Enthusiast memory treads the line between high-speed, low latency and reasonable price.

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[Gunbuster]

Looks like a good match for a Asus Sabertooth build.

[crossy]

Anyone know if there's that much difference between a CAS 9-9-9-24 part and a CAS 8-8-8-24 one? I like the pre-order pricing on the 8GB kits, (which seems to be cheaper than an equivalent XMS3 kit rated at CAS 9-9-9-27), but was wondering whether it was worth the extra £9 for the "faster" part. I've googled for some theoretical explanation, but I'm more interested in "real world" experiences (especially those in a dual-channel config).

Am I also right in thinking that because this runs at 1.5V rather than 1.65V that it'll run cooler and/or overclock better?

Apologies for the n00b questions...
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[kalniel]

Anyone know if there's that much difference between a CAS 9-9-9-24 part and a CAS 8-8-8-24 one? I like the pre-order pricing on the 8GB kits, (which seems to be cheaper than an equivalent XMS3 kit rated at CAS 9-9-9-27), but was wondering whether it was worth the extra £9 for the "faster" part. I've googled for some theoretical explanation, but I'm more interested in "real world" experiences.

No real world difference.

Am I also right in thinking that because this runs at 1.5V rather than 1.65V that it'll run cooler

Yes

and/or overclock better?

Nope.