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Vengeance has huge heat spreaders

Hi Jordan.

Not all Corsair Vengeance has huge heat spreaders:



But the old style with the large heat spreaders is generally cheaper at OcUK.

RAM with the low profile heat spreaders (whatever the make) is better for compatability with large CPU coolers.
 
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going get an i7 2600k and ASUS P8Z68-V Pro was thinking of 8 gig xms or 8 gig vengeance lp which is best to get is the lp running on lower volts thanks
 
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8Gb of Corsair Vengeance low profile will set you back £59.99 at OcUK.

In theory it runs at 1.35V but I've seen at least one person having to use 1.5V.

8GB of Corsair XMS3 is £41.99 at OcUK until next Wednesday morning.

It'll run at ~1.5-1.55V which is fine for Sandy Bridge so get the XMS3.

Any particular reason for the 2600K?

The hyperthreading is useful for things like video encoding but if this is for a gaming system the 2500K is just as good and cheaper.

If you do get the 2600K get the retail version as it's £5 more than the OEM but with 2 years extra warranty.

It's more tricky with the 2500K as the retail version is currently £18 more than OEM.
 
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If nothing else you'd be able to use the CPU's GPU with a Z68 board (except for a few Gigabyte ones) if you ever needed to do any trouble shooting.
 
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