So the patriot brand is still clinging to the more conservative DDR3 memory in DIMM configuration for most of the P45 chipsets and with the colour of the memory spreaders (green) it will look good for the extra high-end 790i from NVIDIA, but also having core 7i specifications, being a memory clock speed exceeding the recommended fsb count of most P45 chipsets and even 790i chipsets at 2000MHz with CLS timings at 9 with 2.0V memory count, so the memory module is having problems running at a more lower voltage yield, with the reasons of having is the largest clock seen in stock settings in the market for a dual inline memory module and that is it will support any Intel core 2 quad or dual processors with the latest P chipset or the X chipset and if it would come, the AMD 3 socket series and the Phenom II processors.
With the patriot it has the usual towering heat-spreaders but not that really the same as the offering in Corsair but being that it is online only store, you would have a bias’s price for the dominator series from Corsair, but being the best performer in the memory DDR3 district you would expect higher price, but it is not the same in the patriot memory kit being $500 in an online store if you are lucky enough to do so (but for the normal online store you get $555), well to be reasonable it is going at 2000MHz first in the kind to go that far in dual memory kits. But with the memory physically there is no real difference on it, with lower temp reading against DDR2 memory but with the fits help a little bit to keep the stability problem out of the equation, but don’t think overclocking this baby. With the memory latency timing is in the low CLS9 times but just to keep it stable 2.0V are needed, so power drawing is a factor to your board now, so the best option to have this kit is to have the 790I for design similarities, or the ASUS P5Q3 deluxe series that it capable of having 2000MHz O.C memory clock. So you are really asking high performance boards in both Intel and NVIDIA.
For the performance however is pretty limited, with some boards having to crash before executing the apps so the only thing is left with the ASUS higher end board and the 790i chipset and with the X48 chipset the Foxconn version, both giving the memory for the run for its money going well in the bandwidth centre the only thing that is letting it down is the CPU and latencies are also better than expected for a dual overclocked variant, but you are pretty limited to the most extreme boards like the VNDIA 790i and the X48 chipset or in worse case the certified P5Q3 deluxe.
