Patriot Viper RGB 16GB DDR4-3600MHz Review

Patriot was pretty much obliged to deliver this range of Viper RGB memory as every memory manufacturer needs to offer RGB to their customers. What Patriot has done is to go the extra distance by providing their own control software, as well as full compatibility with the four RGB software systems used by ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte and MSI. This control is carried out through SPD so there are no external cables, or any other mess or clutter. Plug in the memory, use your preferred software and you’ll be running in no time at all.

Patriot’s own software works very nicely, although the interface is simply enormous. Going to the other extreme we have the tiny interface used by Asus Aura, which is the software that is intended for use with our chosen Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero Wi-Fi motherboard. Aura has recently been updated to version 1.06.29 that supports Patriot and HyperX RGB memory and it worked absolutely flawlessly.

When you get up close to the Viper RGB you can clearly see the five LEDs in each module. Patriot isn’t trying to make a secret of the relatively small number of LEDs as you can configure each zone individually using their software, however the result is that the lighting looks good but does not look as amazing as some other memory we have seen.