Patriot memory

[NickBrown7804]

Ive been looking at this memory its specs are super sexy but, never heard of the brand can someone help me out?

Patriot Dual Channel kit, 2GB(1GBx2) DDR2 PC2-5600, with XBL Technology that give Extreme Bandwidth Performance above PC2-5600, or Extreme Low Latency of 3-2-2-4 at PC2-4200 - Retail

Model# PDC22G5600+XBLK
Item # N82E16820220055

Specifications:
Manufacturer: PDP / Patriot
Speed: DDR2-700(PC2-5600)
Type: 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 4-3-3-12(DDR2 700), 4-3-3-10(DDR2 667), 3-2-2-4(DDR2 533)
Support Voltage: 1.8V
Bandwidth: 5.6GB/s
Organization: two 128M x 64 -Bit
Warranty: Lifetime

 

[idiotec]

I have heard really good things about Patriot...

 

[NickBrown7804]

Man... thats all you can give me?!

This a lot of money to throw down the drain if theyre piles of crap.
Lifetime warranty is helpful but that doesnt mean performance will be good.

 

[Dark_Sniper*]

i have patriot memory and its pretty good.

 

[diabloII]

the latency is very good

"4-3-3-12(DDR2 700)" most DDR2 533 ram are 4-4-4-12 @ 533 so that's very good imo

 

[idiotec]

Man... thats all you can give me?!

Jees, wth do you want me to say?

"Patriot ram is just the best little stick of ram in this whole wide world, why yes it is"

Will you sleep better tonight now?

 

[Nubius]

I have the patriot XBL series RAM, DDR1 though not DDR2 with 2-2-2-5 timings. It is good quality RAM dude, you can't go wrong with it. They should OC nicely too

 

[PizzatheHut06]

Nubius, by the way, how much does overclocking RAM help? Say you overclock from DDR400 to DDR533, will the difference be noticeable in everyday computing tasks, or is more for benchmarking?

 

[diabloII]

ddr400=3.2 gb/sec bandwidth
ddr533=4.264 gb/sec bandwidth

the increase should be noticeable if your doing something that takes up more bandwidth then the usual stuff

 

[Nubius]

Nubius, by the way, how much does overclocking RAM help? Say you overclock from DDR400 to DDR533, will the difference be noticeable in everyday computing tasks, or is more for benchmarking?

Well every little bit counts, you'd have to do countless tests of things you run everyday to truly find out. But yes with good overclocking you can gain over 1gb/sec in data transfer which will help a lot opening programs, even running games.

Of course yes in benchmarks you get to see the actual numbers