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Why is OCZ RAM better for AMD and GEIL better for Intel?

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Mo0o

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In a previous thread someone mentioned that I should get Geil ram over OCZ if i was going with an Intel chip set. I was just wondering what the reasoning behind that is.
 
The only OCZ I ever tried in an Athlon64 board did NOT work well at all, but it looks like from what I have read, that the PC4200 EL memory from OCZ was meant to run on Intel systems. All I know is that Hyperx works great in the A64 board I have, and Mushkin seems to work well on almost any system I have.
 
If you wan't good stable ram without all the fancy bo bancy stuff then just go with crucial. They have memory fitted for the exact motherboard you have and it runs great. CAS2.5. Not too pricy either. www.crucial.com
 
Hmm cant say I can complain at all about my Crucial ram when at stock speeds, and service is good, but I wouldnt reccomend it if you're planning on overclocking.

 
What kind of Geil sticks? speed? ?

Geil has problems with Nforce 2 chipset boards I hear.

OCZ has excellent ram.

Perhaps the recommendation could be because Geil is cheaper and sometimes has more overclocking room and supports higher voltages. But of course it depends on what modules were compared in the previous thread. Overall OCZ is a much better RAM company than Geil is because all of their ram sticks overclock like stink and some have(had) BH-5 and BH-6 winbond chips that GEIL has never used in their life. Geil, however, makes excellent budget based performance sticks and their PC4000/4200 lineup is among the best. They do lack in compared to the competition with their Ultra Platinum and Golden Dragon PC3200/3500/3700 series though but the lower price helps to make up for lower overclocking room and some stability problems for some boards. But i am sure you can experience problems with OCZ so it all depends.
 
I'm running GEIL on my NForce2 board right now. Claims of incompatibility are hogwash as far as I'm concerned. Does it overclock much? Hells no. But it works, and it was cheap(er).
 
Originally posted by: Matthias99
I'm running GEIL on my NForce2 board right now. Claims of incompatibility are hogwash as far as I'm concerned. Does it overclock much? Hells no. But it works, and it was cheap(er).
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well the compatibility issues are disputable since every component can have them at one time or another so I understand that it's not a valid reason to choose OCZ over Geil. The performance that geil offers for the price is undisputable though. Especially when Newegg was selling 256Mb UP PC3500 for $46 at one point in time. Wow now they are $65. But for overclocking I'd go with OCZ.
 
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