Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB 2X2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 EPP Dual Channel Memory Kit

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For some reason I couldn't get my pair to run at 4-4-4-12 at 800mhz, it would run ok at 5-5-5-12 at 1066Mhz though. I got free ground shipping for entire order buying this so I guess I'm still happy getting 4gb instead of 2gb and having to pay my Nine Hundred case's shipping :P

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I grabbed this ram to build a cheap dual core bundle and so far it is serving me well, beside the fact that it cannot go in sli-mode in the BIOS, it works wonders, had no problem overclocking it stable to 1066mhz like stated.

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I bought this to upgrade my system from 2GB up to 6GB. My existing memory is 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer (4-4-4-12). Mobo is a XFX 680i SLI. I am running Vista64. I was concerned (like most may be) about what kind of timings I could get from all the memory once I filled all four slots, not to mention mixing brands and sizes. I was hoping to get the 4-4-4-12 timings considering all modules easily hit the timings but you never know with all four slots filled. I gave it 40% chance (always the skeptic) that I could hit those timings with 6GB. The time of reckoning approached. I installed the 2GB sticks in slots 1&3 and moved the 1GB sticks to slots 2&4. Turned sys on and all 6 gigs addressed fine but the timings defaulted to 5-5-5-15. I entered BIOS and noticed (by no surprise) that the mobo did not recognize the memory as SLI ready, which was fine and kind of a relief meaning that I had a good chance still with manual timings. The Tracers were recognized as SLI-ready before so I guess the Patriots are not or maybe the SLI-ready thing doesn't kick in when all four slots are used. Doesn't really matter to me either way since it is easy enough to manually set the timings. I decided to go for the 4-4-4-12 timings right out of that gate and set it as so. Restart and voila! All four modules running at 4-4-4-12 (2T). Booted and Vista picked up on all 6 gigs without issue. I ran a iterations of Memtest v2.0 and all tests passed. The 6 gigs combined with turning off the search indexer in Vista (I know where my files are, thank you) means that the HDD's rarely need to spin up at all. I got almost everything running in memory now and the speed is sick! I am keeping the memory at 800Mhz since I can't keep the timings if I clock the speed any higher and I doubt that I can hit that high of speeds with 4 modules installed anyhow, even I reduce the timings down to 5-5-5-15. Maybe I try it later on....

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$105 for 4GB of 4-4-4-12 ram? patriot? and this thing only has 2 reviews are you kidding me? when I bought this on boxing day there were no reviews and it was offering free ground shipping for whole order! deal of the year for me at least!

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I bought this to replace my previous ram since this price cannot be beat! $105 for 4gb's of high end ram is unbelievable and Im loving it besides for the fact that one stick was doa and caused me system problems but that happens. Nicx will be replacing it for me. :)

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Bought it to replace an aging 2GB OCZ kit that didn't overclock well. Overclocked the Patriot ram to 1066MHz at 5-5-5-12 2.2V and the system booted but found that the ASUS P5W DH was holding it back. Apparently the 975x chipset doesn't like being overclocked very far over 800-900MHz DDR2. Vista loads faster and Crysis doesn't stutter much anymore. Easily worth the 134.95 it was on sale for.