ddr3 question

[elkido122]

Does geil make good ram.. Thinking about it over gskill

 

[elkido122]

just wondering if anyone had input

 

[Blain]

I've never used any Geil memory, but the company has been around for a long time.

 

[ctk1981]

I've used quite a few different companies over the years. G.Skill, Geil, Corsair, Crucial OCZ, mushkin, etc etc etc.......I've had several failures with crucial (I've used them since sdram days), however they always had top notch customer service and replaced the sticks promptly. If the stick was part of a dual channel, they made sure to match the stick to the same batch/week as the others. I'd say that is the big thing to worry about, not the failure rate....but how well do they handle replacing things when a failure does happen.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I've used quite a few different companies over the years. G.Skill, Geil, Corsair, Crucial OCZ, mushkin, etc etc etc.......I've had several failures with crucial (I've used them since sdram days), however they always had top notch customer service and replaced the sticks promptly. If the stick was part of a dual channel, they made sure to match the stick to the same batch/week as the others. I'd say that is the big thing to worry about, not the failure rate....but how well do they handle replacing things when a failure does happen.

I've heard that GSkill won't RMA individual sticks out of a kit, that they require the entire kit to be sent back.

 

[Quad5Ny]

I've heard that GSkill won't RMA individual sticks out of a kit, that they require the entire kit to be sent back.

Makes sense considering a kit is validated together. Although they should do a advanced RMA (send you the new kit before you send the old one back) that way your system still works in the meantime.

 

[elkido122]

any benefit going from 12gb in 4 slots to 16gb in 2slots??

 

[dave_the_nerd]

any benefit going from 12gb in 4 slots to 16gb in 2slots??

Do you overlock? If yes, then yes.
If no: do you frequently run out of RAM? If yes, then yes.
If no: do you anticipate doing something different in the future that will require >12GB of RAM? If yes, then yes.
If no: don't buy more RAM.