CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 128GB (4x32GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18 1.35V Desktop Memory - Black

Not many 128GB DDR4 kits available that run at higher than JEDEC stock frequencies but this kit from Corsair works absolutely fine using either of the XMP profiles on the SPD. Operates at stated speeds by selecting one of the XMP profiles in the BIOS even though a 4 x DIMM kit without any errors after long memory tests on my 13900K/Z790 platform. Granted it is not as fast as DDR5 but it was never intended to but prolongs the life of the machine without the need to upgrade the motherboard, RAM & potentially the CPU as well depending on which platform chosen.This kit was on the QVL for my motherboard at JEDEC base timings/frequencies so was only expecting to get those, so very happy with it running at the advertised speeds via XMP without needing to tweak voltage & timings just to get it working, I am sure I could eek additional performance from it by making some changes to the timings, but it does everything I need it to do, and stability is more important than raw speed when it comes to video editing work.

Perfect

Well not if your doing video and photo editing.

Bought for starfield and has done me proud

What a great buy

When I first got hold of the Corsair Vengeance LPX 128GB DDR4 3600MHz kit, I didn’t just want to throw it into a benchmark loop and call it a day. Because alongside my main role in bid writing, I also work professionally in media production — which gives me access to a wide variety of high-performance hardware, demanding real-world projects, and a team of creatives, developers, and engineers. That meant I could test this memory kit in actual production-grade systems doing meaningful, intensive work, not just synthetic tasks. Over two months, I ran the kit across multiple platforms and OS setups — and brought in others in my team to run it through their own workflows, too.In my video work, I used the kit inside a Ryzen 9 5950X workstation with an ASUS ProArt X570-Creator WiFi board. We were cutting 4K ProRes and RAW footage in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, sometimes with over 85GB of footage, effects, and assets loaded directly into RAM. With previous 64GB setups, we’d often hit stuttering or delayed render caching. Not here. Real-time Fusion effects, multicam timelines, and even scrubbing through full-resolution RED footage — all of it ran smooth. XMP profiles held steady at 3600MHz CL18 on both Windows 11 and Pop!_OS with kernel-level tweaks. I also tested Blender and Maya for character animation previews and simulations, where the 128GB of RAM acted like a giant scratchpad, especially in Houdini.One of my colleagues — a dedicated gamer and part-time mod developer — ran the kit with a Core i7-13700K and MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi paired with an RTX 4080. He stressed the RAM hard with Starfield, Flight Simulator, and modded Skyrim SE with 12K textures and ENB shaders. With 64GB RAM, some stutter crept in during streaming or multitasking. With 128GB, he had zero swap reliance. Frame rate gains weren’t massive in esports titles, but for open-world and VR scenarios, the difference in consistency was very real — and appreciated. Plus, the RAM barely got warm, even after eight hours of gaming.On the development side, another team member works in backend systems and ran the kit in a Xeon W-2295 setup with the ASUS WS C621E Sage. He was spinning up Docker containers, testing Kubernetes clusters, and running VS Code with six or more virtual environments at once. At one point, he had 8 VMs each using 12GB RAM, and still had breathing room. In MATLAB and ANSYS, he loaded datasets that previously choked on caching, and the entire FEA workload stayed in-RAM. That’s not just performance — it’s workflow efficiency.For music production, our audio designer installed the kit in a Hackintosh build (i9-10900K + ASUS Z490-E STRIX) and ran Logic Pro X, Kontakt, and Spitfire Audio libraries — loading nearly 120GB of sample data at once. With 64GB, he had to freeze or bounce stems just to stay stable. This kit removed that constraint. Real-time mixing with 60+ FX tracks, full mastering chains — it all stayed live. Not once did Logic crash or stutter. In this kind of studio setup, RAM size isn’t about luxury — it’s the difference between staying in flow or having to compromise.Another use case I oversaw involved a colleague who works in government document review. She tested the RAM on a Core i5-12600K system with an ASRock Z690 PG Riptide. Her workflow was surprisingly brutal: over 120 Chrome tabs, multiple Office apps, Slack, Teams, and a cloud desktop — all open and active. At one point, she hit 60+ GB of RAM usage, and thanks to this kit, never once had to close or reload anything. It ran cool, quietly, and its non-RGB, low-profile nature made it a great fit for her office setup.For Linux-focused tasks, I used the kit with a Ryzen 9 7950X and ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, running Fedora 39 and Arch Linux. With custom kernel builds, compiling Rust projects, managing LXCs, and running a full container stack (PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.), I pushed memory usage up to 100GB. The system never once touched swap. After enabling the XMP profile via BIOS and verifying it with dmidecode, everything ran rock solid. Performance tuning with numactl and large pages showed memory throughput within 2–5% of the kit’s advertised specs — consistent and reliable.This kit was remarkably stable and consistent across all platforms I tested: Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS Ventura (via OpenCore Hackintosh), and multiple Linux distros including Fedora and Arch. Across AMD and Intel boards, the XMP 3600MHz CL18 profile worked immediately or with minor tweaking, and thermal performance was flawless — even after full-day production use, it remained cool to the touch.The 128GB capacity gave me and my team the freedom to stop worrying about bottlenecks or resource limitations. Whether it was multi-cam 4K editing, orchestral music composition, VM labs, or browser-heavy workflows — the RAM was just always ready. It doesn't have RGB, which honestly was a plus in studio and office environments. It's low-profile, doesn’t call attention to itself, and just works.What You Should Know (Balanced View)That said, it’s not perfect. The CL18 latency is absolutely fine for production, multitasking, and creative work, but it’s not the tightest for competitive gamers chasing 500+ FPS — you might want CL16 or even DDR5 in that case. It also lacks ECC, so enterprise IT shops needing error correction might look elsewhere. And yes, for most home users, 128GB is overkill — if you're only browsing, watching Netflix, or editing the odd photo, 32–64GB will do.Another practical note: in small form factor builds, filling four DIMMs can affect airflow near the CPU cooler, depending on your board layout and heatsink. Plan accordingly.From someone who juggles media production with high-stakes bid writing, I can say this: the Corsair Vengeance LPX 128GB kit has been one of the most liberating upgrades I’ve tested in recent years. It removes constraints. It speeds up workflows. And it runs without fuss.If you’re a creator, developer, multitasker, or even just someone who keeps “way too many things open”, this RAM gives you space to breathe. You’re not buying it to boost FPS or show off RGB — you’re buying it because you’ve outgrown 64GB, and you want to stop micromanaging memory.It’s not glamorous. It’s not flashy. It’s just rock-solid performance that stays out of your way. And in production? That’s priceless.