CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Laptop Memory Model CMSX16GX4M1A3200C22

Pros: -Good balance between price and performance
-Looks good when popping the enclosure open
-Works without any adjustment

Cons: -None yet.

Overall Review: Seeing another review referencing heatsinks on this ram, I included pictures of the profile of the ram to show that the sticks of ram actually have stickers(not heatsinks) that add no width overall to the sticks, nor does it create any kind of ground when installed.

I can't speak to what happened to them beyond that, but I had no issues installing or using mine. it was plug & play.

Pros: This is going to be a horror tale of what happens if you trust information. It starts with me wanting to increase the capacity of my Dell XPS 15 9520 from 16 gigs to the 32 gigs of the kit in this review. The first thing to understand is that these particular sodimms have heatsinks, despite looking like they do in the picture. The PCB is black. Other than that, they appear totally ordinary.

Cons: I called Dell to ensure the Vengeance ram was compatible with the DDR 5 in my laptop and was assured it was OK. Both were 4800Mhz so there seemed no problems. The XPS 15 computer was new with a core i9 and a 3050ti video card. It worked just fine so I removed the back cover and easily changed the 2 dimms. Then I switched it back on and although I got the Dell logo, the computer hung there, mocking at me. So I put the 2 original sodimms back and although now I could get back into the BIOS, the computer could no longer find the Samsung SSD. Nothing could convince it to boot so I did the one thing that every user hates, I called Dell tech since the laptop was still under the Premium warranty. This was akin to an Indian accented Keystone comedy. The main problem is that my Internet connection is still out because of Hurricane Ian. Im getting limited, slow Internet using tethering with tethering on my cell phone. But it simply uses to download the image they need to restore the Windows installation. Finally today I finally got them to send me a box to ship my hideously expensive laptop to get it fixed.

Overall Review: Oh, and they said the Vengeance ram was not compatible with the XPs 15. So here I am with no laptop and some expensive ram that is used virtually nowhere. Im not even sure if its functional. Im not saying the ram killed my Dell but it sure as heck seems it played some part in it. All I can say is make doubly sure its compatibly where you want to use. I have always been a kind of fanboy for Corsair and this wont change my opinion but it has sure messed my life up. I apologize for the absolutely horrible picture, I quickly took the photo and didnt check it. Then I had all the program and until putting this review up I never looked at it and by now Ive put all the little screws back in the body.