Patriot Viper Elite 8GB DDR4-2800 CL16 Memory Kit Review

Conclusion

The Viper Elite is the latest Patriot DDR4 memory series which presents great. Design is fresh and quite interesting. At the same time memory is available in various colours which match the most popular motherboard series. Yellow heatsinks would be nice addition but there are not so many motherboards with yellow components so it’s not so big lose and we can always use silver version of Viper Elite modules.

Patriot Viper Elite DDR4-2800 memory kit is perfectly stable. XMP profile was working without issues on Z170 and X99 motherboards. We could only expect more agressive memory timings as 16-18-18 main timings are quite standard for gaming and enthusiast memory series. It doesn’t change fact that performance is good and most gamers will be satisfied.

Patriot is offering lifetime warranty on all memory kits so also Viper Elite series. It’s actually popular option of warranty. In most cases if memory is working just after purchase then will work for long years. Patriot cares about high quality so we can be sure that all memory kits were well tested before shipping.

8GB DDR4-2800 kit costs about $50 in the Amazon store. It’s quite good price if we need good but inexpensive memory kit for our daily challenges.

At the end gallery of the great looking Patriot Viper Elite DDR4-2800 memory kit.

Pros:

• Good performance
• Fresh design
• Inexpensive
• Available in red, blue or gray/silver
• High overclocking potential

Cons:

• XMP profile could be faster considering high overclocking headroom

Patriot Viper Elite 8GB DDR4-2800 is well designed, stable and inexpensive memory kit. Performance to price ratio is great, what for sure is interesting fact for most gamers who usually don’t have high budget on a gaming PC. Even though there are faster memory kits on the market then paying premium is not always worth it as we could see in our tests.

Patriot Viper Elite memory is simply great option for gamers and other users who care about high quality and good looking products.