How Much Does It Cost?
Unfortunately, at the time of writing, I was unable to find these in stock anywhere. However, this is not uncommon for high-end memory kits, which never seem to have great stock levels outside of a few specific retailers, and for this kit, I couldn’t see where it was for sale. Of course, you can check your favourite retailers and hopefully, you have more luck than I did. Feel free to drop a comment if you find them for sale, as I’d love to offer you all a link to where to grab some!
Note: I checked with Predator and they say more of their products and stock are heading to the UK and US, and expect updates on this very soon. You can check the official product page for any further information.
Overview
The Predator Hermes RGB memory is obviously a high-end piece of kit, and while it was a bit of a mixed bag when it came to the workstation and rendering tasks, it was by no means slow in any of those benchmarks. It’s keeping pace with all the other high-end kits we’ve tested, and do keep in mind, that all the kits on our charts are high-end kits, with high speeds and are quality products, so rubbing shoulders with them is most certainly something to be happy about.
Massive Speed
What did impress me is that we saw the highest read, write and copy speeds we’ve ever seen from a memory kit, and the lowest latency from any DDR5 memory kit so far. Normally that would simply translate to beating everything else in every benchmark, but memory is a strange beast, and the truth of the performance isn’t always predictable. This memory was clearly configured to excel when it came to gaming more than anything, but I still would have expected it to dominate the rendering benchmarks too.
Exceptional Gaming Performance
When it came to gaming it delivered competitive and similar performance to other quality gaming kits, but overall, it delivered a few new records with higher FPS and higher 1% lows, and that’s certainly impressive. If I were to invest in a set of high-end memory for my next gaming PC, right now, it would be the Predator Hermes RGB with no exception. But keep in mind, that even the best RAM is only going to offer relatively small gains in gaming performance from the next kit of similar specifications, so you have to balance your budget with your expectations.
Build Quality
The build quality is second to none, although in fairness, the quality of any brand top spec RAM is pretty fantastic these days, but the Predator Hermes can stand with the best of them. Of course, you don’t get to 8000 MHz and with such low latency by using lower-quality components, and the ICs have been pre-binned and tested to ensure they’re the best of the bunch. The heatsinks are beautifully crafted, and of course, that was reflected with low operating temperatures, especially for such a high-performance kit. Plus, they look great, and there are a lot of nice design elements here, as well as some feature-rich ARGB lighting.
Should I Buy One?
This is a fantastic set of gaming memory, and if you’re looking to get the absolute best out of your flagship gaming PC build, then the Predator Hermes is the way to go. The only downside is that they seem next to impossible to find for sale, but hopefully, this changes soon, as I can see them being a popular choice for enthusiast gamers.
