Patriot Memory Viper Steel DDR4 2x8Gb PVS416G300C6K

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Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 is a series of high-frequency RAM from the American brand, which is distinguished by an excellent price-to-memory frequency ratio and a strict but interesting design.

All salt in chips

The Viper Steel DDR4 cooling radiators are made of aluminium, painted with a high-gloss gunmetal lacquer and have a low height. Due to this, they will not interfere with the installation of most tower CPU coolers. Given that the older memory model has a frequency of 4400 MHz and a high supply voltage of 1.45 volts, thick-walled metal heatsinks will come in handy. And for younger models there will be extra room for overclocking. Fan-favorite Samsung B-die RAM chips are usually hidden under heatsinks, but lately Hynix options have often come across.

Choice for every taste

Another beauty of the Viper Steel line is the variety. For example, owners of mid-range motherboards (for example, on the AMD B450 chip) do not make sense to overpay for hard overclocking sticks, so they have relatively inexpensive pairs of 8 GB sticks with a frequency of 3000 MHz and CL16 timings. At the same time, owners of overclocker motherboards based on Intel Z390 and AMD X570 can look for a variant that runs at 4400 MHz out of the box. Well, in terms of price and performance, the best option would be somewhere in the middle. If we talk about overclocking, then again, a lot will depend on which RAM chips are used in memory. Memory with chips from Samsung is less demanding in terms of customization of secondary-tertiary timings and, in general, overclocks easier and more efficiently.