By: Jonathan Kwan
April 4, 2025
"Hey, are you that guy?" A friend of a friend asked me recently while we were playing foosball on my Tornado foosball table in my basement. "What do you mean?" I asked. "There is some rumor going around [the University of Calgary engineering department] saying if anyone comes up to you for a foosball game, do not play them. They pretend to be new, but will absolutely destroy you at the game," she replied. It is fair people get to know me through different means, just like how we experience brands through different products. I just find it funny how that reputation precedes me for her, as most students know me as their class professor rather than foosball. When it comes to Corsair, they have really expanded their product line in the last couple of decades, selling anything from coolers to power supplies to gaming peripherals, which we have covered all extensively here at APH Networks. In fact, according to our Company Links page, we have covered forty-one products from them at the time of writing this review, excluding this review itself. But if you look back at history, Corsair is traditionally a RAM company, and shockingly, we have never reviewed any RAM from them, even though we have been benchmarking PC memory from basically all their competitors since 2006. Well, all this is about to change today, my friends. We got the Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB in our labs, so let us open the box to see what the company has to offer in 2025.
Our review unit of the Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB arrived in a small brown corrugated cardboard box from FedEx's supply chain management system in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Using the FedEx Express service, everything arrived in excellent condition to us here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for our review today.
The retail packaging of the Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB is immediately recognizable to anyone who has seen products from the company in the last little while. The predominantly yellow and black color scheme is contrasted by the white text on the darker shades and black text on the lighter shades. A photo shot from the three-quarter view of the RAM occupies the majority of the real estate in front. At the top, you will find Corsair's logo. The model name and description of the memory is printed on the right, while its speed and capacity are below. Feature highlights can be seen on the left side of the box. Further information in various languages can be found on the back of the box.
Before we move on, let us take a look at the specifications of the Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB, as obtained from the manufacturer's website:
Fan Included: No
Memory Color: SILVER
Memory Compatibility: Intel 800 Series
Memory Detail Compatibility: Intel 800 Series
Heat Spreader: Aluminum
LED Lighting: RGB
Memory Series: VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 CUDIMM
Memory Size: 48GB (2 x 24GB)
Memory Type: DDR5
Package Memory Format: CUDIMM
Package Memory Pin: 288
Performance Profile: XMP 3.0
SPD Latency: 48-48-48-90
SPD Speed: 5600MHz
SPD Voltage: 1.1V
Tested Latency: 40-52-52-135
Tested Speed: 8400 MT/s
Tested Voltage: 1.40V
Weight: 0.15
Power Draw: Extreme OC PMIC
Out of the box, you will receive each memory module in the Corsair Vengeance RGB kit packaged in its own compartment in the enclosed clear plastic tray. There is nothing else included other than a safety and compliance guide, but I am not sure what else you can expect from a DDR5 kit either, haha.
A screenshot of the memory tab in CPU-Z with Corsair's Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB installed. The SPD timings table in CPU-Z reads standard JEDEC specifications programmed into the memory as well as XMP data for running the memory at various speeds. Our ASUS ProArt Z890-Creator WiFi motherboard used for testing had no issues detecting and working with the Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 RAM right out of the box using the latest BIOS revision. The Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB retails for approximately $350 at press time.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Test System
3. Benchmark: AIDA64 CPU
4. Benchmark: AIDA64 FPU
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 Memory
6. Benchmark: PCMark 10
7. Benchmark: 3DMark
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 11
9. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench 2024
10. Overclocking and Conclusion
