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The AMD Performance Edition kit may appear as a gimmick to many, but it is actually very high grade memory manufactured by Patriot which worked perfectly with every board we tested, on both AMD and Intel platforms.
If you are building your first high grade system but want to keep costs to a minimum in such a tough economic climate then an AMD oriented build can make financial sense. A Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition can be picked up for only £89.99 in the United Kingdom and will be more than enough for 1080p gaming and general enthusiast demands. An AMD HD7770, much like the one we used today costs around £110 inc vat.
AMD Performance Edition is a quality memory kit that can run at 1866mhz with slightly relaxed timings and is supplied with low profile, thick aluminum heatspreaders for maximum heat dissipation. An 8GB kit is only £41 inc vat at Amazon in the United Kingdom. Adding a motherboard like the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 for £79.99 inc vat means you have the foundation for an inexpensive, but nippy system … for just over £300.
The AMD Performance Edition memory also worked well on all the Intel systems in our offices and we published results on the previous page when running the memory in a QUAD Channel configuration on X79. It never caused a problem, so AMD's claims of complete compatibility with the Intel platform seem accurate.
For only £80, you could populate your new system with 16GB of AMD Performance Edition memory. It seems like a very good deal to us.
Pros:
- Great heatspreader design.
- High level of compatibility.
- Good performance for a 1600mhz kit, hits 1866mhz with relaxed timings.
- Great price for an 8GB kit.
- Low profile.
- works well with Intel systems.
- 42GB/s bandwidth in Quad channel with X79 @ 1866mhz.
Cons:
- A lot of competition from the likes of G.Skill around the £40 price point.
Kitguru says: A great kit from AMD and Patriot at a fantastic price.
