ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium vs Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB: Which Should You Buy?
Fiver-friendly thermal paste or £210 of Corsair RAM: where should your upgrade money go?
ARCTIC ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal
Corsair Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) Up
Side by side
| ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium | Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £5.49 | £209.95 |
| Rating | ★★★★★ 4.7 | ★★★★★ 4.7 |
| Review count | 104,402 | 25,925 |
| Brand | ARCTIC | Corsair |
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Our verdict
One of these costs 38 times the other, yet both hold identical 4.7 ratings, which tells you each is superb at its own job. The ARCTIC MX-4 at £5.49 is metal-free, non-conductive thermal paste that can revive a toasty CPU for less than a meal deal, backed by a huge 104,402 reviews. The Corsair Vengeance LPX is a 32GB DDR4 kit rated up to 3200MHz with aluminium heatspreaders at £209.95, a proper capacity upgrade for heavy multitasking. If your PC is hot, buy the paste first. If it is slow with twenty tabs open, it is the RAM.
Which one is for you?
- Buy the ARCTIC MX-4 if your temperatures are climbing and a £5.49 repaste might save a costlier fix. Read our full look at the ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium →
- Buy the Corsair Vengeance 32GB kit if memory-hungry work or gaming is what is actually holding your PC back. Read our full look at the Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB →
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