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Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-8000 2x16GB
DDR5 · 8000 MT/s · CL38 · 2×16GB
€834.16New
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Kit profile
Price per GB
€26.07Lowest price
€834.16Capacity
32 GBSpeed
8,000 MT/sCAS latency
CL38Overview
Viper Xtreme 5 sits above Venom in Patriot's DDR5 stack, and the numbers say so: this family runs at higher speed grades than most of the company's other gaming kits, aimed at boards that can keep a memory controller stable at that rate.
Capacity is fixed at 32GB across the range as 2×16GB, so what actually changes between listings is the speed grade and its matching latency — 8000 MT/s at CL38 depending on the listing. Higher DDR5 speed grades lean harder on motherboard and CPU memory-controller quality than lower ones, so confirm your platform's supported speed before assuming the top-rated kit runs at its label number.
It's UDIMM for consumer desktop sockets, and like all DDR5 it needs the matching profile enabled to reach rated speed rather than booting at a slower JEDEC default.
Technical Specifications
Memory
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Capacity
- 32 GB
- Modules
- 2
- Module size
- 16 GB
Speed & timings
- Speed
- 8,000 MT/s
- CAS latency
- CL38
Form factor & features
- Form factor
- UDIMM
- Category
- desktop
- Brand
- Patriot
- ECC
- ✗
- RGB
- ✓
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