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

1. Introduction2. Patriot Viper 'Black Mamba' 2133mhz3. Patriot Viper 'Black Mamba' (Super High Res Gallery)4. Overclocking The Black Mamba5. System Configuration6. SiSoft Sandra7. PCMark 78. 3D Studio Max 20119. MaxxMem210. Closing Thoughts11. View All Pages

The Patriot packaging for the Viper Black Mamba memory is very simple – almost like the famous Metallica album cover. Keep it black!

We are testing two of the 8GB kits today in QUAD Channel.

Each of the kits is protected inside tough, clear plastic. Nothing else is included in the package.

The Viper ‘Black Mamba' memory is encased in black heatspreaders with the name on the front. These aren't oversized heatspreaders and they fit underneath the Noctua NH D14, which is a bonus for those considering a large physical heatsink.

Patriot claim that all these kits are individually hand tested and validated for system compatibility. We aren't exactly sure what this means, but we would assume they are only released if they pass a factory stress test.

Each stick has the size and speed listed along with the timings, which are 11-11-11-27. These aren't the tightest timings for a 2,133mhz kit, but we still hope there is some overclocking headroom later in the review.

The aluminum heatspreaders are difficult to remove, as they are thermally bonded to each memory module on the black PCB – modest pressure and patience are needed. We wouldn't advise you try this, that is why we are here.

Patriot are using high grade Hynix DDR3 H5TQ2GB3CFR memory on the Black Mamba sticks, so we are confident they will overclock manually to 2,400mhz.

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