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Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5200 2x8GB
DDR5 · 5200 MT/s · CL40 · 2×8GB
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Kit profile
Price per GB
—Lowest price
—Capacity
16 GBSpeed
5,200 MT/sCAS latency
CL40Retail Prices
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Technical Specifications
Memory
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Capacity
- 16 GB
- Modules
- 2
- Module size
- 8 GB
Speed & timings
- Speed
- 5,200 MT/s
- CAS latency
- CL40
Form factor & features
- Form factor
- UDIMM
- Category
- desktop
- Brand
- Corsair
- ECC
- ✗
- RGB
- ✓
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