Patriot Viper RGB DDR4 3200 MHz Memory Review.

A Closer Look at the Viper RGB Memory

The memory we received for this review was a 16 GB (2×8 GB) kit of DDR4 3200 MHz CAS 16 with a white heat spreader. The Viper RGB comes with either a black or a white heat spreader. The kit we received, the 3200 MHz kit, is the fastest speed that comes with a white heat spreader.  However, kits dawning the black heat spreader advertise speeds of up to 4133 MHz.

Across the top is a semi-transparent diffuser with the Viper logo in the center for the RGB lighting on the PCB. The heat spreader on each DIMM is made up of two separate sides, held on by thermal tape. The thermal tape helps the heat spreader to disburse heat and keep the memory modules cooler. Each heat spreader has a metallic Viper head logo in the center of the spreader.

We always remove the heat spreaders when reviewing memory. This allows us to get a better look at the PCB. In this case, the PCB is black. The PCB is your standard DDR4 PCB with 288 pins. Across the top of the PCB are 5 RGB LEDs on either side, 10 in all. The diffuser on the top of the heat spreaders gives the RGB lighting a more even look. So, it looks like there are more than just 10 LEDs on the PCB.

Removing the heat spreader also allows us to see what brand the memory modules are. In the case of the Patriot Viper RGB memory, they used Samsung memory, model number K4A8G085WB-BCRC. https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/dram/ddr4/K4A8G085WB-BCRC/. Each DIMM has 8, 1GB memory modules on the PCB.