The Patriot Viper 3 (PVL38G160C9K) 8GB memory kit features a low-height heat spreader for maximum compatibility with beefy CPU coolers and can be overclocked quite a bit from the stock speed if we work a bit with the latencies along with the voltages.
The Patriot Viper 3 kits are available in dual or quad channel kits, from 8GB to 32GB while offering speeds from 1600MHz up to 2133MHz. These are rated at 1.5V and have preloaded XMP 1.3 profiles for easy configuration and compatibility. Low Profile heat spreaders are a big deal nowadays if we are not using an all-in-one water cooling system, since many high-performance CPU coolers have their heatsinks quite large and will get in the way when trying to mount the modules into the respective slots.
When discussing only about the tested kit, we can say that we were quite impressed with their overclocking ability, being able to drive them up to 2000MHz while fiddling a bit with the timings and not exceeding the safe memory voltage (1.65V). The only thing we did not like about the present kit is the PCB color, which is regular green and black could have looked much nicer.
The tested kit can be found online for about 80 Euros, a price where the majority of similar offerings from other manufacturers are positioned.
We would like to thank again to Patriot Memory for making this review possible!
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