Question Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 colors mattered?

[jaymes2015]

Quick question. The black LPX ram is the popular one right now. I was just wondering if the other colors have different specifications or are they just the same? Because I currently have a pair of black, and I’ve seen some cheaper ones but they are in different colors like white and red. I don’t mind putting different colors together if it considered as one color.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

As long as the specs look the same, color is irrelivant

 

[Barty1884]

All else being equal (speeds, timings etc), then they could be considered essentially the same part.

However, mixing & matching even two 'identical' parts that were sold separately (two 1x8GB packs; same colour, speed, timings, for example) has the potential to be problematic. It's rare, and can be platform specific etc - but there is a slight risk.

What are you looking to achieve? If it's a capacity upgraded (from 8GB to 16GB, for example), a smarter route would be to sell the 2x4GB black kit you have, and purchase a 2x8GB kit, sold together.

 

[jaymes2015]

What are you looking to achieve? If it's a capacity upgraded (from 8GB to 16GB, for example), a smarter route would be to sell the 2x4GB black kit you have, and purchase a 2x8GB kit, sold together.

I have a set of 8gb 3000mhz black. I’ve seen a pair of 8gb 3000mhz white selling for a better deal. I thought that if buying the white pair, running them together with my black ones with no problem, I rather go the cheaper route and still get the same result as going all black. But if going all black gives better performance compatibility, then I’d stay with same color.

 

[Barty1884]

Even buying A.N.Other kit of "black" dimms has the same (potential) pitfalls. When they're not sold, packaged together in a retail 'kit', then there's no outright guarantee of compatibility. The majority of the time, they'll work just fine - plug & play (white, black, red, rainbow... provided they're the same speed & timings).

I have a set of 8gb 3000mhz black.

1x8GB, 2x4GB?

 

[jaymes2015]

Even buying A.N.Other kit of "black" dimms has the same (potential) pitfalls. When they're not sold, packaged together in a retail 'kit', then there's no outright guarantee of compatibility. The majority of the time, they'll work just fine - plug & play (white, black, red, rainbow... provided they're the same speed & timings).



1x8GB, 2x4GB?

2x8gb

 

[TJ Hooker]

If all specs (other than color) are identical you may as well get the white version if it's significantly cheaper. As said above combining two separate kits always comes with a possibility of issues, but the white one shouldn't be any different than the black one in that regard.

Edit: Missed that you already have 16GB, why do you need 32GB?

 

[Barty1884]

2x8gb

And do you need >16GB?

 

[jaymes2015]

Edit: Missed that you already have 16GB, why do you need 32GB?

And do you need >16GB?

Yes I already have 16gb. I just want to top it off at 32gb. I assumed you guys are suggesting me to stay at 16gb?

 

[Barty1884]

Yes I already have 16gb. I just want to top it off at 32gb. I assumed you guys are suggesting me to stay at 16gb?

Nobody is suggesting anything just yet. But unless you have a need for >16GB, then it's a waste of money.
For example, general browsing & gaming, you'd be hard pressed to find a situation where you're using more than maybe 10-12GB, so that 'extra' 16GB would be totally wasted.

Since you seem to be conscious of a budget (and rightly so), and looking to opt for the cheaper of the black/white kits.... Start with assessing whether you need >16GB. If you don't, any money spent on a kit of RAM is a waste, before even getting into the nitty gritty of whether X kit is cheaper than Y kit.