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Patriot Viper Series 4GB DDR3-1800 kit
Test Rig:
We Installed the Patriot PVS34G1800LLKN into a computer with the following components:
- Thermaltake Kandalf LCS case
- ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
- Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD
- ATI Radeon HD 3870
- Tagan BZ900 900W PSU
Installation:
Installation of the RAM was quite easy. Like any other RAM, simply unlock the DIMMs, orient the RAM properly, and push the stick into the DIMM slot until the sides lock it in place. The FSB for this motherboard was 1066, so the RAM started out at 1066MHz. This is unacceptable, so we went into the BIOS, unlinked the RAM, and set it to 1375MHz. The actual operating frequency was 1371.8MHz.We did this first so we could compare it to the Kingston DDR3-1375 kit we tested earlier. We will test it at 1600MHz and at 1800MHz afterwards.
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Preliminary Testing @ 1375MHz:
CPU-Z:
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CPU-Z Memory @ 1375MHz |
CPU-Z SPD @ 1375MHz |
CPU-Z was run on the RAM to establish a baseline of data. We see from the image on the left that the RAM is running at 685.9MHz, so 685.9 x 2 = 1371.8MHz. We also see that our timings are 8-10-10-26. This doesn't even come close to the 8-8-8-24 as seen on the previous page, but we haven't tried to tighten the timings at all. The top section of the Memory picture shows us we have 4GB of DDR3 RAM in dual channel. Moving on to the picture on our right, we can see the approximated timings with relation to speed.
Real Time Pricing: