Introduction

Dating back to 1985, Patriot was founded in the United States San Francisco Bay Area and has since expanded, with distribution channels around the world offering consumers access to a wide range of different products. While the headquarters may still be located in the USA, all the company’s products are assembled in the country, with facilities in Fremont, California, Taipei, and Taiwan.

Patriot currently offers multiple memory products, with consumer and enterprise lines to fit a wide range of consumer needs. Patriot first brought forward the well-established DDR4 Viper Venom brand, later the Extreme series, and now, with the new Non-Binary capacities, comes an updated Elite series for DDR5. With these three divisions, Patriot sells a wide variety of memory kit configurations with binned frequencies ranging from 5200 MT/s to 8400 MT/s. These Configurations include 16 GB (2x 8 GB), 32 GB (2x 16 GB) and 48 GB (2x 24 GB) kits.

In this review, we will be taking a closer look at the Patriot Elite 5 RGB DDR5-6000 48 GB (2x 24 GB) memory kit marketed towards budget gamers and budget-conscious PC builders. With that in mind, the primary timings are a bit “looser” in comparison to PC enthusiast-grade memory kits. Coming in at 42-42-42-82 for the main 6000 MT/s EXPO / XMP profile, we will put this memory through a number of benchmarks to see how looser primary timings impact gaming performance. Now, with the introduction out of the way, let’s see how this memory kit stacks up against the competition, beginning with a look at the specifications.

Specifications