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Viper Elite II DDR4 4000MHz Kit Review

THE NEXT LEVEL OF ELITE

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Patriot’s Viper Elite memory kits were among our favorites when they launched, and the new Elite II is a worthy successor. Performance out of the box is decent, but not particularly class-leading. The second 3600MHz XMP profile might be appreciated by AMD Ryzen systems that prefer to stick to that magic 1:1:1 ratio of system speeds that 3600Mhz plays a part of. Speaking of latency, we were able to easily dial the Elite II kit down to a pretty respectable 17-21-21-28 with a notable performance increase.

The CAS-20 latency out of the box doesn’t do the kit many favors, and the same timings used on the second 3600MHz XMP profile are going to be even worse. However, if you are willing to endure a few CMOS resets and have a few minutes to dial things in manually, Viper’s Elite II memory can go from ‘decent’ to ‘rock star’ pretty quick. IF that wasn’t enough for you, that flashy red heatsink should add a little spice to your life.

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