Please help in choosing between G.Skill Trident Z RGB and Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro

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Hi, I am drawn between G.Skill Trident Z RGB and Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro. I like the color scheme of both. I need DDR4 3200C14, 64GB. Last week, Trident Z RGB was sold by an unknown reseller so I chose the non-RGB version. I have been waiting for so long and it still has not arrived yet. Now I am a bit regret that I did not choose RGB RAM. Given the same frequency and CL value, are there other differences between the two brands and modules?

I read that the Trident Z RGB has the Samsung B-die which is good to be used with AMD CPUs due to some kind of strict timings. If I stay with Intel CPUs, is there any advantage (such as better performance, reliability, future proof in terms of compatibility with dual-channel and quad-channel systems which I may upgrade to later) in choose the Trident Z RGB over the Corsair Venegeance RGB Pro?

I will use it with Intel i9-9900K and Noctua NH-D15S. Thanks.

P.S. If I use NH-D15S, will I see much of rgb effects? It seems that it may be too big to block at least 2 ram. I cannot find video of users who use rgb ram with NH-D15S
 
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If you want to see your RGB ram, run an AIO water cooler.
I have the Gskill Trident RGB DDR4-3200 and the Corsair H110i cooler on my 9700K rig. It's all RGB and looks great hanging on the wall beside my 4k TV...bling bling.
 

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I know RGB AIO with RGB Ram lead to the most beautiful combination. However, I am a bit afraid of water leakage so I go for air cooling.

Actually, for i9-9900K and ASUS WS-Z390 Pro, which RAM leads to the best performance? Any other brand/product better than that? I need 32GB now but I may need to upgrade to 64GB later.


https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/WS-Z390-PRO/

Some people mentioned that having RGB affects the performance but some said otherwise. I am a bit confused.
 
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In terms of performance, you'd be hard pressed to measure a difference between different brands of memory at the same rated speed. Even ram kits with faster timings really don't deliver in terms of bang for the buck. DDR4-3200 seems to be the current ideal in terms of speed vs cost, but kit A vs kit B, you're talking about frame rate gains in games of 1 fps, and differences in rendering times of a few seconds. I would buy what I like based on looks, not "is brand A faster?".

As far as fearing water leaks, I would be far more concerned with that possibility if you built your own custom loop. The All-in-one kits have eliminated that potential unless the user does something real stupid...in which case, even air cooling probably won't save you from yourself, lol. I've used AIO coolers on some very expensive builds for years (including my current i7 9700K) and wouldn't use anything else.
 

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Due to a series of unexpected delays in shipment during the long holiday, today I ended up with both G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 CL14 (4x16GB) and Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (4x8GB) DDR4-3200 CL14 kits. Although these are popular RAM being mentioned in many places, I cannot find them in the QVL of my motherboard. I also cannot find my motherboard listed in G.Skill QVL. I asked Corsair few days ago but they have no comment about compatibility. ASUS just said that the RAM kits are not listed in the QVL. Which one would work?

Motherboard: https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/WS-Z390-PRO/
G.Skill memory: https://gskill.com/en/product/f4-3200c14q-64gtzsw
Corsair memory: https://www.corsair.com/ca/en/Categories/Products/Memory/Vengeance-PRO-RGB-Black/p/CMW32GX4M4C3200C14
 
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I would install them on the motherboard and see (with the latest bios update, of course) if either set works with an XMP profile. If so, go with that one.