Patriot Viper ‘Black Mamba’ 2133mhz Gen 3 16GB review

Rating: 9.0.

Today we are looking at the latest high performance memory from Patriot – the Viper ‘Black Mamba'. This memory has been designed for the latest Intel DDR3 motherboards and features a new ‘high performance heat shield' to reduce the temperatures. The new Black Mamba kits will be available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities at speeds between 1,600mhz and 2,133mhz.

Patriot, in a similar fashion to G.Skill have been releasing a multitude of high performance DDR3 kits this year to target the discerning enthusiast user.

Today we are pairing up two of the 8GB Viper ‘Black Mamba' kits to test in QUAD Channel configuration with the class leading ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Motherboard.

Patriot Viper ‘Black Mamba' Specifications:

• Extreme Performance PC3-17000 (2133MHz)
• Enhanced Latency (11-11-11-30)
• Voltage: 1.5V
• XMP 1.3 Ready
• Equipped with an extruded aluminum shield build around a copper core to provide improved cooling
• 100% Tested and Verified
• RoHS Compliant

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