Breaking the speed limit
At the beginning of September, Patriot Memory announced a dual-channel Viper 4 memory kit rated to run at 3400MHz. At the time it was the fastest speed Patriot offered, though that was before the launch of its new 3600MHz RAM.
Patriot's new dual-channel kit is also part of the DDR4 Viper 4 series intended for Intel Skylake builds. The 200MHz speed increase comes with only slightly looser timings at 17-18-18-36 versus 16-18-18-36 for the 3400MHz kit, which is partially the result of Patriot's binning process.
"Our Viper 4 Line continues to reach new heights with our latest launch of the new 3600MHz kit paired with the new Intel Skylake Platform." Said Les Henry, VP of Engineering at Patriot. "We will continue to prescreen each IC prior to building the modules to ensure stability and provide unsurpassed performance to our customers."
At present there's only one 3600MHz kit in the Viper 4 series, that being an 8GB kit consisting of two 4GB modules (there are 16GB and 8GB kits of 3400MHz available). Like the other Viper 4 memory kits, these modules are hand tested and backed by a lifetime warranty.
Patriot didn't say when the 3600MHz Viper 4 kit will be available or for how much, though as a point of reference, the 8GB 3400MHz kit streets for around $120.
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