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31.12.2019

I previously left a negative review of this product as it didn’t quite perform out of the box as well as it should have, but after some emails with the manufacturer, and some of my own research I was able to eke out more performance from this RAM than was advertised.The manufacturer got back to me with the maximum safe voltage of the RAM sticks, and explained how I could choose one of my motherboard’s default RAM profiles (RAM settings that should work, but will likely run at higher voltages and looser timings than your RAM can actually do, but that’s to ensure compatibility). Picking one of the default profiles worked,and then tuning it manually to match what my RAM was supposed to do out of the box fixed the problems - but I shouldn’t have had to do this in the first place.However I did say I was able to eke out more performance. After saving the settings for how my RAM should’ve been working out of the box, I had a look at some of the information concerning this ram in particular. I used a program called Typhoon burner to find out what type of RAM chips it contains - Hynix CJR chips. I also used another program called the 1usmus DRAM calculator (this program estimates I can overclock my ram to as high as 4133MHz), to get a good idea of where to start from to get better performance out of my RAM.I have successfully clocked this RAM to 3600MHz @1.36V (up from 3400 @1.35V), and tightened the timings safely to 16-19-19-36. Whilst two of those timing numbers may be bigger than the advertised 3400 16-18-18-36, you might expect some performance loss, but since I’m running this RAM in a 3rd gen Ryzen system, the performance gain from going to 3600MHz massively outweighs this. I’ve also tightened many of the other RAM timings in the bios, (and stress tested the system) this further outweighs any performance loss, you might be concerned about. Additionally the timings are measured in clockcycles, which get shorter if you increase the speed of the RAM in MHz.To anyone who wants to take this RAM further than I have, mine also works at 3666MHz @1.37V 16-20-20-38, but I haven’t really looked into tightening that up. And it boots, but fails a stress test at 3800MHz @1.39V 16-22-22-42 - honestly I think having a cas latency of 16 was too optimistic, but I didn’t have time to try finding stable settings for it.I’m giving it 4 out of 5 stars, because it didn’t work out of the box, but the manufacturer was very helpful in helping me get it to work properly.The fact that I was able to overclock it to run better would make me consider giving it 5 stars, but I know not all users will overclock their RAM, and some users may get RAM that is ”a dud on the silicon lottery” i.e. it will only be able to perform exactly as advertised at best, and no better. So at 4 stars it shall remainMy original review can be found below:It wouldn’t run at the rated XMP profile of 3400MHz 16-18-18-36 @1.35VI’ve been able to get it to run at those timings at 3200MHz @1.36V though (using one of the default profiles on my motherboard). I’ll attempt to clock it higher manually to at least the XMP profile, but it’s quite bad that it doesn’t work properly out of the box. I expected better
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15.12.2019

I see a lot of mixed reviews. It's always important to check compatibility with your motherboard and processor before getting new RAM, especially when intending to overclock it. Motherboards only support up to 2133MHz, previously 1333MHz (or there about, it's been a while since I did my research). Since any overclock has to be the user's decision, the default BIOS settings will always cap the hardware to the highest "stable" speed stated by both the hardware component itself and the motherboard. It's also possible to have RAM that will work with a system, but not be able to be utilised to its full potential due to other limitations, such as the rate that data travels on the board itself.There are plenty of websites,such as pcpartpicker, that will allow compatibility checking and flag any issues without the user needing to have any technical knowledge on the subject. There are also numerous software tools to set up overclocking, provided by motherboard retailers such as MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc. Each of these tools work differently, and the various components possible in a build make for a lot of factors that these tools must consider. They aren't perfect, and are known to cause unstable settings in some cases. Sometimes it'll be a case of trial-and-error to achieve the settings which provide you with a stable, if not optimal, overclock. In such cases, it's best to find a trustworthy guide. If you've looked around in the BIOS, you'll know that there are a lot of settings; it's not always clear what each one does or whether or not it would be a good idea to modify it. The smallest change can cause your system to fail to boot, and then you need to try to reset everything and start from scratch.For me, there was no issue with the RAM, directly. I got it because I was buying a new motherboard and CPU and my then-current RAM was incompatible, and I knew my new system would be able to handle the new speeds. That said, I did need to adjust my CPU settings after I overclocked the RAM, though. 16GB of this RAM overclocked to 3773MHz well out performed my older 24GB RAM. I plan to buy it again when I find myself able to justify the cost to double up to 32GB. That's not to say this RAM is overpriced, but it is still an expense.
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26.1.2020

I had initially purchased Corsair Vengeance 3200 RAM for my new build Ryzen 3600 PC. The memory initially worked fine. Then I started to get continual random shutdowns. Having run other tests it pointed to a chipset drive on my MSI B450 Carbon AC system. I swapped out the motherboard for an X570 and initially, all was good. But gradually again I started to have issues. Anything like BF5 or Just Cause 4 would play solidly for 30 minutes on average before I'd get a blue screen crash. I played with various BIOS settings and could only get stability if I underclocked the ram which gave me 10% hit on FPS performance. Tried the Vengeance 3600 variant and experienced similar problems.Finally saw the 3866 Viper Steel series from Patriot and for me, it's been a game-changer. I can run the ram at full speed thanks to the X570 bios - no more crashes, the system is 100% stable. Had no crashes on Battlefield and getting a decent uptick in FPS performance.. I'm a longtime Corsair customer and was nervous about Patriot, but it's honestly been the best decision I've made on the build. No more headaches, if you've got a Ryzen 5 3600 and an X570, then this is a no brainer and also a fair bit cheaper than other alternatives.
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5.2.2020

My first build ever. Got this Viper Steel DDR4 3600 kit. Looks good for Ram I guess, no RGB, looks clean and the gunmetal colors go good with pretty much anything. I dont have windows on my case and RGB doesn't excite me as this is a media pc in the livingroom. I used the XMP profile on my x570 board and Ryzen 7 3800x and got nothing but crashes and blue screens. I was bummed. Messed around for days. Even ordered a different kit from corsair. Tonight I found an article from someone who knows what they are doing. Needless to say he saved me. He tested the same modules from a different mfg, same part numbers. He got better timings with this hynix chip vs a samsung.Article was on tech power up and titled AMD Ryzen Memory Tweaking & Overclocking Guide. I'm running this at 3600mhz with 16-18-18-36 for timings, better than what's listed here. Seems to be stable. Tras set to 56. Happy at the moment. Thought about pushing it more but not sure its worth going past 3600 on AMD at the moment. Will be returning the corsair replacement kit I ordered.
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22.4.2020

TL:DR - Support approved RMA quickly and had fast turnaroundHad this memory installed in a new system build with a Ryzen 7 3800x and RX 5700xt. Somewhere between 30-60 the RAM stopped running at it's listed XMP profile of 3200 mhz and I could not for the life of me get it to run beyond stock speed (2166). Ran the usual checklist of possible problems:- Reflashed bios- Reseated to different channels- Manually adjust BIOS settings to run at higher speed- EtcEmailed support last week, sent me a couple things to try. They didn't work. And without fighting they approved an RMA. Now I don't have any other computer at home so no RAM meant no PC and I was worried it would be the normal weeks of waiting.Patriot quickly approved shipment / got new RAM out the door the next day mine reached them (living near the RMA location does help expatiate shipping time) AND kept me up to date with shipping info etc.Seriously great / helpful customer support (which is becoming more rare)
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15.5.2020

I'm sure this RAM is great in any motherboard that has it on it's QVL.Unfortunately I was a moron and did not check this before purchasing thus leading to many months of attempting to get the RAM to run at anything other than stock speed (XMP disabled) without my computer BSOD'ing either during boot or playing games or even at idle. I could only ever run Memtest86 without errors on stock settings with XMP disabled otherwise it would return hunderds of errors within a few minutes...I tried pushing voltage as high as 1.45v (which is far higher than I am actually comfortable running memory at constantly),tried running at a lower speed all the way down to 3000mhz and attempted to relax timings but could never get it to run comfortably which is a shame.Unfortunately I have had to purchase another brand which was on my motherboard's QVL and runs perfectly at 3600mhz on stricter timings at lower voltage.Live and learn. Don't be an idiot like me :)
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22.4.2020

This memory is unreal and gets you DDR3800 1:1 on Ryzen 3000 CPUs and X570 chipset. Use the latest DRAM calculator, 1.70, and do NOT forget the "Additional Calculators" tab where there a a few more settings to enter and fine tune in your motherboards BIOS. For my 3800x CPU, all voltage settings were left on auto. I was able to get every setting from DRAM Calc 1.70 in to my motherboards, an MSI MEG X570 ACE. I had a 2000 series Ryzen and never got that DRAM Calcualtor to work no matter what i tried. Prolly due to the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR3000 I ran CL15 from day one it was installed on an x370 Taichi. Current setup blows that out of the water: MEG, Sabrent 4th Gen 1TB, 32 BG of this sweet RAM stuff,and an RX 5700 flashed to a 5700 XT (XFX DD Ultra to XFX Ultra THICC III). This memory will go in the next upgrade running at its rated speed with tweaked timings most likelly = GREAT STUFF!
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9.5.2020

Design wise the Patriot memory has a nice aluminium metallic. I bought the 4400Mhz version however i could not get to advertised 4400 speeds. I did however reach 3733Mhz speeds. I did this through XMP/DOCP profiles and AMD Infinity Fabric overclocking. The 3733Mhz speeds are stable and have tighter timings at CL14 than at 4400 mode. From what I understand people on forums were saying that the 4400 version was not supported on AMD platforms to run at high speeds because it wasn't in the official tested list. When attempting to reach speeds over 3800Mhz I could not boot/post. however Speeds of over 3600Mhz affect the infinity fabric adversely anyway,to the point where latency increases and increased speeds no longer have viable impact on performance. This may change for 4000 series Ryzen zen 3 with increased core clock but it means that these sticks should be pretty upgrade proof. 5/5
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22.8.2019

I purchased a used kit of 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR4 3200 Patriot RAM from Amazon Warehouse. One of the modules was defective out of the box, which makes me wonder if Amazon Warehouse performs proper checks on returned items before putting them up for sale again. I called Patriot to see what they could do. They offered to replace the memory under warranty. Because the memory was defective out of the box, they paid for the shipping of the kit to their service center as well as back to me.The replacement kit works as expected without any problems. Overall I'm very happy with the service from Patriot, as well as the excellent value of their product.Based on this experience I won't hesitate to choose Patriot in future.
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29.8.2020

I was able to get this running with another similar Patriot kit for 32 GB total with my Ryzen 5 3600 on an X470 mobo. It's clocked to 3666 mhz at CL 16 with 1.38 volts and is rock stable after 10 hours of testing so far. I haven't tried using the XMP profiles, since the other ram I have is rated slightly slower than either of the profiles, so I have to manually set timings instead.I was not able to get it to run at 3733 cl16, which the older kit was capable of by itself, but I suspect this is a limitation of my cpu and motherboard and not the fault of the ram itself. I may be able to get it stable a higher frequency with more voltage,but it's not necessary for such a slight performance increase.
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2.4.2020

I bought this 2x8GB DDR4 @4000mhz back in December of 2019. Currently have a MSI X370 SLI Plus with the latest stable BIOS version of January 2019 and a Ryzen 5 1600X. First gen Ryzen has an approximate frequency limitation of about 3600MHz for RAM. Even though I wasn't able to run this kit at it's rated speed, I never expected to. This kit is high quality Samsung b-die memory for cheap. I was able to set the RAM to 3400MHz CL 14-14-14-34 with 1.37 Volts on the RAM and 1.0V for the SOC voltage. CPU @ 3.9GHz with 1.35V. Your mileage may vary from different motherboards as the settings you manually input may differ on what the board will actually send to the component.

9.1.2020

I bought one set of 2x8GB 4133MHz Patriot Viper Steel Series ram on black Friday for a new build of Gigabyte Z390 Aurous Ultra MB. When the build was complete I couldn't get the ram to run at its XMP speeds. I could get the ram to 2666MHz fairly easily. After some research I found that the MB uses T-topology layout for the ram, which may work better with all 4 ram slots used. So, I bought another 2x8GB set. After install I set the ram to XMP profile 2 (4000 MHz) and the computer posted with no issues. The ram was a good price (for both purchases) and appears to be working and stable in games so far.

23.2.2021

This RAM set looks extremely beautiful but aesthetics aside I had no issues installing and using this RAM set. I was able to enable my XMP profiles and use the advertised speeds with no issues whatsoever.I’ve used patriot ram in a prebuilt pc that I bought and I had no issues, and since building my own, I can still say I have no issues.The only issue is that I wish I had gotten a 16gb kit instead of 8gb, but that is my own mistake. I will most likely purchase a 16gb kit in the future.This set is extremely beautiful for the price, it does not need RGB to look pretty, and it runs well.

10.2.2020

I wanted Highly stable ram to match with my new x570 ryzen 5 3600x setup... I found these.-The price of this kit compared to anything seemingly equal in ability is insane.-I have underclocked them to tighten the timings ( I could tell you but seriously get them and have your own fun).-mobo sets xmp np-I'm pretty sure it's Samsung B die though I only did a light google search and not checked myself. Honestly I don't care if there's legos in there but yeah pretty sure it's B die ;)-Patriot Viper DDR4 16GB 4000MHz, Ryzen 3600x, msi x570 CarbonIf you got Ryzen this ram is recommended.

5.12.2019

Overclocking beast, binned Samsung B-die IC. I couldn't boot into its XMP profile but that's because I have slightly older 7th gen Intel CPU. Do not expect 4133 XMP profile to work if you are not on 8th and 9th gen intel CPUs. If you have older intel or AMD system, your IMC is probably not strong enough to handle the XMP profile.With manual overclocking, it is stable @4000MHZ CL16. For memory modules that cost less than $100, this is just amazing.4000MHZmode1Primary timings:16-16-34 2TSecondary timings:tRFC 350tRRD_L 6tRRD_S 4tFAW 16tWR 12

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