Overall and Final Verdict
The wide range of options when it comes to DDR5 can be overwhelming, the stock speeds are down in the 4800/5200/5600 range and from there overclocked memory has a wide range just in clock speeds alone and that is before we also take into account timings and other options like capacities, aesthetics, and XMP vs Expo. You can see all of that when you check out the Viper Gaming lineup with their Venom which has a long list of clock speeds available. But one thing that they do to help is to consolidate the AMD and Intel lineups into one lineup and have XMP and Expo options on all of the Venom kits. You can get RGB or non-RGB kits and most of their capacities target the 32GB sweet spot but they do have a few larger and smaller options as well.
The Venom DDR5 RGB lineup goes all the way up to 7400 MHz and today I put those and the 7200 MHz kits to the test. In most tests the performance difference even from those down to a 6400 MHz kit was impressive. But the 7400 kit did push the limits of our CPU and motherboard and while it didn’t fail in any of our testing it failed right away when I did thermal tests. For styling Patriot has kept their Viper lineup unique and the Venom DDR5 kits are no different with both black and silver for the heatspreader design and then red for the branding, it is a little less subtle than what a lot of kits are doing these days and with that, you are going to either love it or hate it. The RGB lighting looks great and works well, including support for all of the standard motherboard RGB software but you do have a non-RGB option for anyone who doesn’t care for that.
As for pricing, the 7200MHz kit is currently $167.99 on Amazon which is cheaper than any other 7200 MHz CAS latency 34 32GB kit listed on Newegg (this kit isn’t on Newegg right now). So they have it priced well. The 7400 MHz kit is a little different, there just isn’t anything on Newegg that compares with zero 7400 MHz kits at the same capacity. It sells for $174.99 right now putting it not far over the 7200 MHz kit.l For comparison the next closest kits you can find are the 7600 MHz options and with the same CAS latency those are selling for $219, so Patriot has that priced well as also. One thing is for sure, from the looks of it you can count on the Venom DDR5 kits to be a good value and the performance is there making them a good buy.
Live Pricing:
Viper Gaming Venom DDR5 RGB 32GB 7200MHz - PVVR532G720C34K
Viper Gaming Venom DDR5 RGB 32GB 7400MHz - PVVR532G740C36K
