Patriot Viper Xtreme Series, Division Viper 2 Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model PXD38G2133C11K

Pros: Ran stable at 1.65 11-11-11-27 @2133

Was not DOA (but it was very hard to figure that out)

Cons: Was not as easy as selecting a xmp profile or going by the timing and voltage printed on the memory stick. I had to go to their website and get the timings specifications there, its the info that is in the product details. I Have to believe marking the product as 1.5 when its really 1.65 is to appeal to 1155 users and is dirty marketing.

XMP is not at all stable with this memory

Pros: Awesome. Straight plug and play here.

Cons: None yet.

Pros: Fast, stable, good looks, good price...what more could you want?

Cons: None...just don't let ASUS tell you that this memory will not work with their ROG motherboards...it works flawlessly!

Pros: They look amazing, especially with my Sabertooth z77 motherboard. They work at default 1333 speed.

Cons: Mine did not run at the advertised speed. Setting the memory to their X.M.P. profile caused a lot of instability in my system, as well as game crashes. Going to get a refund.

Other Thoughts: I really wish this memory had been stable. It went perfectly with my system. However the instability they caused was not worth it.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

I'm sorry to hear that you had some performance issues with our PXD38G2133C11K. Please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail. I'll be glad to troubleshoot the issue, and assist with the BIOS setup.

Thank you for choosing Patriot Memory!

Best Regards,
Benjamin
Patriot Memory Customer Care
Support@Patriotmem.com

Pros: Cheap! Fast! Reliable! Great benches on SiSoftware! I have had this memory for 4 months now with no problem. Even found motherboard runing memory at 1.69v for a while untill i fixed it and now 1.65v and still no problems. I have not been able to overclock the memory past 2133 but runs 100% reliable at 2133 11-11-11-30 @ 1.65v on Crosshair V Formila AMD 8150

Cons: None

Pros: Great RAM, inexpensive and amazingly fast, makes Second Life virtual world run smoothly, and other 3D games even faster. Allows you to completely max out a motherboard that takes a max 24 GB of RAM with 6 DIMM slots.

Cons: None I can think of.

Pros: um, PRICE & Speed. Before the combo discount, this is a sweet little buy and the extra money off was the cherry on the pie.

Using the XMP profile, was able to get the Ram at listed speeds with no other effort required.

Win7 Rating = 7.9

Cons: Because the sticks are working there isn't anything to complain about.

Other Thoughts: I ram a Prime95 test for about 3 hours, with no errors (and no worker threads fail). The system was designed for an everyday pc with some real pep. The user is extremely satisfied.

Core i5-2310
OCZ Agility 3 @ 60gb (boot)
Seagate ST500DM002 @ 500gb (data)
CoolMaster Elite 460watt
Zotac Geforce GT520 (zt-50604-10l)
Gigabyte GA-Z77M-DEH (bios f7)

Complete Win7 Rating (trust me, i dont care but i know others are always curious)
CPU = 7.4
RAM = 7.9
Areo Graphics = 5.1
Game Graphics = 6.3 (how is this HIGHER than Aero?!)
Primary Hard drive = 7.9

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