Are these RAM any good?

[Gaudi]

I'm in the process of building a new PC to replace my ageing one.

I am pretty sure I'll be getting an Asrock 939 mobo and Athlon63 3200 (Winchester)

I had a look around for some RAM and came across Geil. Are these any good (stable and able to overclock for the future)

The Geils are GE5123200B, CL2.5 unbuffered - 2.55-2.85v with 5ns access time. They have aluminium heat spreaders on them.

Will I need to get matched pairs?
Also can anyone explain to me what the numbers actually mean for ram (now there are 4 numbers) I've been used to the 3 on the SDRams on my cuurent machine.

Many thanks

 

[Avalon]

If you are referring to the Geil Value PC3200 with the blue heatspreader, they get the job done. I usually use them in budget builds that I do.

They support enough voltage to do a little overclocking, but from my experience don't have much headroom. Nothing more than 15-20mhz anyway. Plus, you typically can't get them to run at CAS2, although I did have one stick that could do it. You won't need matched pairs for dual channel, either. You can buy two single non matched sticks of the Geil and they will run in dual channel just fine.

 

[Ronnie]

If you willing to spend a few more bucks crucial ballistix is great midrange ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146546

 

[Gaudi]

Thanks for the suggestion Ronnie but having checked the price out they are almost twice as much as the Geils.
The Geils are £67 (~$118) where as the Ballistix are £123 (~$217)

BTW, how much would these RAM cost in the US?


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Avalon, yes they are the Geil twin pack with blue HS. As long as they're stable and thanks so much for the info on dual channel.