Patriot G series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PGV38G1600ELK

Pros: Does exactly what it needs to do.

Cons: Timings aren't as tight as 2x2GB sticks. I have 2x2GB sticks in my first slots and these in my second pair of slots for a total of 12GB and I had to lower my timings a tad.

Overall Review: Hopefully my mail in rebate will come. They've been pretty good about updating me on the website about it.

Pros: It actually worked...

Cons: It wouldn't run at marketed speed of 1600mhz. It was only stable at 1033. I feel it messed with my system a bit so after much frustrations, I recently sent them back for a refund and got a different set, not from this company. This RAM is only for the P55 platform, if you have anything else, don't even think about buying this.

Pros: Fast stable ram

Cons: they got me to buy this with the promise of a mail in rebate I have yet to see any rebate action, been nearly 2 months

Overall Review: I wish instead of wasting our time and resources with stupid mail in rebates, they'd just put the items on sale. Ultimately they'd make more money than having to have us copy print mail some one to process etc... oh wait.. they make more money cuz you don't ever get ur friggin rebate.

Pros: Works flawlessly with my new i5-2500k system(at 1.65v and 1600-9cas). I bought this set to add to another patriot set(identical sector 5 but 2x2gb) and now got 12GB of 1600 ram purring along without a single problem on new i5-2500k system. All modules have passed memtest86+ full tests(search online for this amazing free tester-make sure its + and not regular(will not work with new asus mobos otherwise). Cant say enough good things about this(havent tried other patriot ram ever) - works as it should without any problems whatsoever!

Cons: None!

Overall Review: If you have tight space(as i do after installing Corsair A70 cooler)- take pair of pliers and gently(gently you monsters) rock the black fins back and forth one by one(the come in non connected pairs(14 pairs-28 individual fins)) until they snap off(well break off) at the very bottom(fin + 1mm)-now your RAM is as high as green PCB board itself and fits this way under my monster 120MM side fan on A70 cooler. The sides of heatspreaders are glued on so will stay on even after all the fins are removed this way. Do not try to rip the sides off as it might damage the RAM chips. Works at 1600 without overheating 24/7 for over a week now. The protruding fins of the heatsinks (while looking cool) do not serve much of a purpose as even without them the remaining side sinks stay cool to the touch even while running the RAM benchmarks. DO NOT try to remove the heatsinks completely and if you dont understand what i meant - ignore entire thing as you WILL void the waranty and might kill the RAM.

Pros: Ram installed on ASUS ROG Crosshair IV MBD with AMD PhenomII 970. Worked at advertised speed, unlike previous experiences with some OCZ RAM. Based upon initial experience, this RAM is recommended.

Cons: Write down RAM settings from Label on RAM before installing. Packaging is generic and does not have the information. (Not enough to lower rating to 4 eggs)

Overall Review: Install in A2,B2 MBD slots if you are going to install 8G RAM only. This allows a small amount of additional space between the RAm and t Ihe CPU heatsink. O.C. capability not really tested. This RAM is rated for Intel processors, but also works well on the MBD used. Mem 86 testing was flawless at rated speeds. Errors were noted at ~1735Mhz at default voltage/timing settings.

Pros: works at rated speeds runs cool at 1.65V

Cons: unable to tighten timings at 1600 regardless of voltage no case badge :(

Pros: - Contrary to some reviews, this does run great with AMD at 1600MHz. I'm using a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 if that matters. CPUs used were AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE, both oc'd to 3.6GHz. I had to set timings manually to the advertised 9-9-9-24 because for some reason my motherboard defaulted to a slower speed. - Passed MEMTEST86 tests overnight and all day. - Beefy heat spreaders (could be a con if you have an unusually large aftermarket CPU cooler).

Cons: None that I can think of.

Overall Review: Started with 8GB that I have had installed for over a month, then added another 8GB of the same last week, so now I have 16GB total. No problems at all. I've never had any problems with Patriot rebates either. I already received the rebate for the first 8GB. For some reason, my motherboard runs the RAM at 1.58V (according to PC Health) despite my having manually set the voltage to 1.65V. At any rate, still rock-solid stable at 1600MHz@1.58V.

Pros: They work at 1600 speed on my crosshair iv, even though i was told they wouldn't

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Going to buy another set for a total of 16gb, for this price why not.