GeIL Enhance Corsa DDR3-1600 C9 2x4GB OC test (GEC38GB1600C9DC)

[massman]

Short Intro

So, I had the opportunity to test the two kits from the new GeIL memory line-up: Enhance Corsa and Evo Corsa. First up, the more mainstream Enhance Corsa kit, which comes in the following flavours:

- 1333MHz CL9-9-9-24, 2GBx2 Dual Channel Kit | GEC34GB1333C9DC
- 1333MHz CL9-9-9-24, 4GBx2 Dual Channel Kit | GEC38GB1333C9DC
- 1600MHz CL9-9-9-28, 2GBx2 Dual Channel Kit | GEC34GB1600C9DC
- 1600MHz CL9-9-9-28, 4GBx2 Dual Channel Kit | GEC38GB1600C9DC

- 1333MHz CL9-9-9-24, 2GBx4 Quad Channel Kit | GEC38GB1333C9QC
- 1333MHz CL9-9-9-24, 4GBx4 Quad Channel Kit | GEC316GB1333C9QC
- 1600MHz CL9-9-9-28, 2GBx4 Quad Channel Kit | GEC38GB1600C9QC
- 1600MHz CL9-9-9-28, 4GBx4 Quad Channel Kit | GEC316GB1600C9QC

Pictures of Box and Kit



Test Setup

Nothing special about the test setup. Just a normal Sandy Bridge build.

- Core i7 2600k
- GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD5-B3(*)
- Coolermaster Silent Pro 1000W
- WD Raptor
- Windows 7 64-bit SP0

- Y-Cruncher
- SuperPI 32M

(*) overvolts 0.02-0.03V on Vdimm from BIOS.

OC Overview Chart

Overview of OC test results. Stability was tested with full SuperPI-32M run at ~ 4.8GHz and then verified with a round of Y-Cruncher (0,1,6). Overall, not much difference between both benchmarks: it either worked or it didn't. As for voltage affecting this kit's overclocking capabilities, it seems that the sweetspot is around 1.5V-1.55V. As you can see from the report, sometimes increasing the voltage made the kit more unstable.



Max Results

Given the results above, I didn't spend that much time pushing the memory to it's maximum. In the end, I reached DDR3-1720 CL9-9-9 SuperPI-32M stable, probably limited by the BCLK of this CPU.

[hwbot=2195091]submission[/hwbot]


Conclusive Lines

This kit is quite clearly designed with only the price and looks in mind. I kind of like the looks, but as the French say "Des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas" (meaning as much as it's not possible to discuss about taste and colors). So, the looks are totally up to you to decide. In terms of performance, this kit seems to be on par with all the other kits in the same price category (~ 52/55 €), this kit being slightly cheaper. But, this depends from region to region. In other words, this kit will do just fine if you're looking for a cheap 2x 4GB kit!

[eXa]

Awsome! You removed the HS and shows the IC used

Edit: do you know who actually makes the IC? The numbers seemes to follow the same "kode" that some patriot, OCZ and MachX memory ive seen.

[Royalk]

Elpida's UTT ICs I think.

[Kentaro]

Nice review. This kit looks alright. How did you tell them as UTT chips?

[PatRaceTin]

Great test

Sink look like transformer

but not oc far

[Don_Dan]

Thanks for the test PJ!
I saw these pop up for cheap @ Alternate and thought about buying a kit just for fun, but the results aren't impressive. It's clearly a budget kit as you said.

Awsome! You removed the HS and shows the IC used

Edit: do you know who actually makes the IC? The numbers seemes to follow the same "kode" that some patriot, OCZ and MachX memory ive seen.

I think those are OEM chips either by Elpida or PSC.

[Punisher!]

Quite good! New Elpida 30nm?

[Punisher!]

Thanks for the test PJ!
I saw these pop up for cheap @ Alternate and thought about buying a kit just for fun, but the results aren't impressive. It's clearly a budget kit as you said.




I think those are OEM chips either by Elpida or PSC.

Just seen. They are really cheap (also the EVO one). Impossible to have it in Italy (also with International shipping)?

[Punisher!]

Just seen. They are really cheap (also the EVO one). Impossible to have it in Italy (also with International shipping)?

Damn, I can't find EVO Corsa anywhere here in Italy. They should be really good seeing also no other kit is available in 2x4GB formula with 9-10-9-28@2133Mhz and just 1.5V.

[massman]

Awsome! You removed the HS and shows the IC used

Thank GeIL for that. Usually it's prohibited to show the IC by the people who send out the kit. As if competitors won't figure out the used ICs that way ... haha!

Just seen. They are really cheap (also the EVO one). Impossible to have it in Italy (also with International shipping)?

Online resellers for Italy are on this page: http://www.geil.com.tw/where_to_buy/show/area/2/type/2

Quite a lot of places for Italy

[Punisher!]

Thank GeIL for that. Usually it's prohibited to show the IC by the people who send out the kit. As if competitors won't figure out the used ICs that way ... haha!



Online resellers for Italy are on this page: http://www.geil.com.tw/where_to_buy/show/area/2/type/2

Quite a lot of places for Italy

Already watched at those but none has them lol.

[Allubz]

Just ran this kit to DDR3-1967 CL9-10 (max BLCK). Wouldn't do DDR3-2050 CL10-11. 1.65V

Maybe they switched IC's. It's the result for pretty much all Enhance Corsa. EVO Corsa 1866 does a tick better with DDR3-2050 CL10-11.

[Leeghoofd]

pop off the heatspreader and find out... are those HCI Memtest stable ?

[Allubz]

The EVO Corsa 1866-CL9 were taken by a colleague tweaker yesterday to fix his RAM issues. Expecting them back today or tomorrow.

The Enhance Corsa 1600-CL9 bear the following IC's:
AMIN1134
GEIL
GL1L256M88BA15BN
6983A131 7

Pic

Speeds were 32M stable. Most of the speeds were blocked due to limited BLCK (105.4). Can check Memtest later.

As it seems, in comparison to massman's initial post, they're different IC's.

Just found a post on a german site referring to 4x4 Enhance Corsa 1600 set with following specs:

Amin1135
Geil
GL1L256M88BA15BN
6983A135 3

Pic
Seems to be a follow-up to mine.