Patriot Sector 7 6GB Triple Channel DDR3 RAM Memory Kit Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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this is yet another buy request unboxing this is Patriots sector 7 RAM so it's
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basically just like their Sector 5 RAM except with three modules so seven is
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according to uh Patriot 50% more than
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five I'm not going to begrudge them the name because it's very cool looking RAM
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it sounds cool and I think that's what they were going for Patriots actually uh
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recently celebrated their 25 year anniversary so you can see they've got
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the box marked with that they've actually been in business since
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1985 which is a pretty long time for a computer company and that brings me to
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one of the other things about this memory they call out a lifetime warranty
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lifetime warranty is pretty meaningless
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from a company that you can't rely on to be around anymore so that's one of the
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reasons why I would pick a company like Patriot that's been around for a very
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long time provides a solid warranty because you know that when something
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actually does go wrong well in the event that not when in the event that
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something actually does go wrong the company will probably still exist to
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back you up so we've taken it out of the shrink wrap on the outside you can see
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here they've got a sticker applied this is a PC3 uh
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12,800 uh DDR RAM DDR3 RAM kit so that
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means it runs at 1600 MHz I believe this is the C9 kit although let me have a
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look here at what yeah this is their uh
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99924 kit so that's the latency it runs
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at let's go ahead and get the box opened up
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here so inside we will find a little plastic packet oo I like the way that's arranged
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that looks pretty cool so their sector series of RAM spreaders is actually
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designed around taking the heat away from the memory modules and then taking
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it up to the fins at the top where it can either be cooled by your just your
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system airf flow or you can install a dedicated RAM cooler above it so let's
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have a look they are using a black PCB for these particular memory modules and
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they've got a shiny uh black and blue sticker on the side calling out that it
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is sector 7 here on the side and not all companies do this which is really
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annoying but they've actually got the part number so that makes it easy for
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you to go and reference it later and then they've got the settings for it so
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99924 1.65 Vols I appreciate that
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because I don't always want to go on to the manufacturer website to find out
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what a memory stick runs at if I'm just sort of picking it up and want to just
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dial it in right away so that's uh that's pretty convenient so you can see
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here they've got kind of a a rippled effect in the metal here that they're
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using for the fins on the top so it's going to give you a little bit more surface area a little bit more
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Cooling and yeah it's another RAM unboxing so yes it's just more RAM but
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if you're going for a particular look for your build and I think these are
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going to go really well with the MSI Big Bang X power that I'm going to have on
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my test bench over the next little while then you know you pick something that
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looks great cools well and I mean in the
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case of patriot they offer free tech support lifetime warranty it's pretty
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hard to go wrong thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Patriot sector 7
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