Review: Patriot Intel Extreme Masters DDR3-2,133 memory

Final thoughts and rating

Patriot's release of Intel-branded DDR3-2,133 Viper 3 memory provides aesthetic variation to its high-end system memory line-up. Based around the decent Viper 3 modules and priced competitively against other kits of the same capacity/speed, testing with a Core i7-3700K chip in the socket shows little performance difference between the 8GB review pack and some cheaper DDR3-1,600 memory, mainly due to the excellence of the memory controller in Intel's latest processors.

Yet even a small increase in performance is perhaps worth the additional £15 outlay over the aforementioned generic pack; it's a cheap way of extracting the absolute most out of a new PC build. Keen pricing, cool looks and rock-solid performance is what we take away from our look at the Patriot Intel Extreme Masters DDR3-2,133 memory, so do consider it for that next Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 build.

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HEXUS Rating

Patriot Viper 3 PVI38G213CK1 (8GB)

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Patriot Viper 3 PVI38G213CK1 (8GB)

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