Conclusion

Let’s look at the last important factor – the price. The PXD38G2133C11K kit we’re looking at currently retails starting from 56€ in the EU (per geizhals). For a little bit less than that (50€) one can get a Crucial set which boasts DDR3-1866 9-9-9 speeds our Patriots simply won’t achieve. On the plus side, however, we see that Patriot is one of the cheapest 2x4Gb kits sold as DDR3-2133, so taking into account quite decent heatspreaders, its price can actually be called somewhat competitive.

All things considered, we can see why Patriot are not in the lead when it comes to producing enthusiast memory at the moment. While product quality is clearly above average, there still are some minor issues with the binning which might serve as a barrier for potential buyers.

We will try to be fair when handing out a rating. Starting with perfect five, we deduct one star for the failure to achieve rated speeds using common manual settings, so the end result is four stars out of five.

Rating

The Patriot Memory Viper Xtreme Division 2 Edition PXD38G2133C11K kit receives four out of five stars.

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