Patriot Viper Steel

One to look out for if you’re looking for value.

Patriot is a brand that doesn’t have the Australian market presence of the likes of Corsair or G.Skill, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not well regarded in the global PC market. The company is also popular amongst gamers with its Viper gaming brand.

The Patriot Viper Steel we have on hand to test is the cheapest kit in the roundup. It matches all of the other kits with its CL 16-1818-36 primary timings so stock performance doesn’t suffer in any way. Of course as a value oriented kit it doesn’t come with RGB or an extravagant heat sink. Its grey metal covering is well suited to a neutral color build.

As a budget kit, these modules are likely using more affordable Hynix ICs which aren’t known for their overclocking prowess. At $149 this is more of a set XMP and forget type of kit. If you want to OC, you’ll have to jump up in price to a 3200 MHz 14-14-14 kit which should have the more OC friendly Samsung B-Die IC.

The Patriot Viper Steel Series kit is a good strong value offering. Forget about bells and whistles. This is a kit you should be looking at as a step above the 2400 or 2666MHz kits. You’ll get a boost in performance without having to spend a lot more. It’s a good kit, even if it’s rather unremarkable. Not everyone cares about RGB bling though, so that suits a lot of folks just fine.