Anybody heard of GeIL memory?

[joshInAlaska]

I'm not a die-hard hardware guy. I came across this RAM while I was searching for Corsair's PC3200. Anybody know anything about the GeIL 512MB PC3500 433MHz DDR SDRAM CL2.5/ CAS 2.5? I figured that you overclockers would've heard about it. I'm curious about it because I'm upgrading my system, and I'd like to build up to a system that I'll OC and hold onto for a while.

 

[Soulkeeper]

I read a review where someone compared it and took the head spreader off it
it was just overclocked pc2100 stuff
the company seems kinda shaddy to me
if it is really really cheap and you aren't gonna be oc'n the mem much then maybe you wouldn't be sorry getting it
personally i like to focus on getting the best quality memory

 

[Boonesmi]

this is probably the review soulkeeper was talking about

doesnt look like the highest quality stuff

 

[CrazySaint]

In my opinion, PC3500 RAM that requires you to run above-standard vdimm (2.7-3v :Q) and doesn't even have enough QA to be able to recommend only one specific voltage is not PC3500 RAM and I wouldn't trust any company that said it was. Even their freakin' PC2700 RAM requries "2.5-2.9" vdimm, I mean, come on, already!

What I'm basically saying here is that Hell will freeze over before I buy any Geil RAM.

 

[airrahul]

Yeah, same here, I am never getting Geil DDR again. I got some in a kit from Ocsystem.com (it was a pre-overclocked kit that was burned in and tested for me) that I was using to build a relative a fast computer cause they were on a tight budget and I soon found after taking off the heatspreaders and replacing them with a thermaltake active cooling kit that it was just DDR266 with a heatspreader. Yeah, I agree, Geil RAM is bullshit. I saw that review too. As far as I'm concerned the only "honest" ones, are, from my own experience Samsung genuine, and from hearing stuff on the net, Corsair. Anyhow, this is my take on it.

 

[CrazySaint]

Corsair is excellent, so is Crucial (they're a division of Micron).