GeIL DDR2 EVO ONE 2x2GB DDR800 CAS4 - Review

[zfactor]

yeah the ones my freind got say 2.3 on the, as well.. they must have changed something then i guess.. sucks

[Spyrus]

Yes i think the 2.3V were Elpida. The 2.0V are powerchips like mine.

[zfactor]

ahhhhhh okay well he sent them back to newegg twice now and both times got them back with the 2.3v... so i guess maybe they switched them out..or you have to go with the 1066's to get the good ones.

[Spyrus]

Not sure if 1066 is the good ones. Only if they are rated to 2.3max.
Because if they are 2.5V then Elpida again i think.

[VAdept]

Damn I was just about to buy these...think I will still give it a shot.

[Spyrus]

Some more benches for you: (2.1V)

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[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Since you guys have a lot of experience with this kit. Do you guys think that running this kit w/ a q6600 is ideal?

I had 4x1 ballistix (ddr2 800) doing 420mhz 1:1 and I couldn't get anything else really stable over that. I had to pull a lot of volts, i think 2.3 or 2.35 and they blew out after 6 months of use.

My quad is capable of 3.78ghz + (I won't go past 1.55v in the bios) and I'm looking for the best bandwidth I can get for a 24/7 machine.

BUY? YES/NO?

EDIT: If I you guys think its worth it in my case, what is an ideal ratio to set the ram at? Most people here do not seem to be doing 1:1.

[binormalkilla]

Crap Spyrus....nice
Mine RMAed kit should arrive here in a few days.....DDR2-800....hopefully going to get the results you are :thumb:


What transbooster and AI clock twister are you running? BIOS version?

Since you guys have a lot of experience with this kit. Do you guys think that running this kit w/ a q6600 is ideal?

I had 4x1 ballistix (ddr2 800) doing 420mhz 1:1 and I couldn't get anything else really stable over that. I had to pull a lot of volts, i think 2.3 or 2.35 and they blew out after 6 months of use.

My quad is capable of 3.78ghz + (I won't go past 1.55v in the bios) and I'm looking for the best bandwidth I can get for a 24/7 machine.

BUY? YES/NO?

EDIT: If I you guys think its worth it in my case, what is an ideal ratio to set the ram at? Most people here do not seem to be doing 1:1.

I would grab a kit and run something like
470x8
DDR2-1129 (or whatever straps your board offers)

[Spyrus]

Bios 0907, Twister Moderate, Dram Static Enabled

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Crap Spyrus....nice
Mine RMAed kit should arrive here in a few days.....DDR2-800....hopefully going to get the results you are :thumb:


What transbooster and AI clock twister are you running? BIOS version?


I would grab a kit and run something like
470x8
DDR2-1129 (or whatever straps your board offers)

Thanks. Sounds good. I'll have another new toy to play with.

[binormalkilla]

Bios 0907, Twister Moderate, Dram Static Enabled

Cool, thanks man. My kit should arrive on Monday.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Mine are rated 2.1 - 2.3v. I'm only looking for a moddest (420-445 mhz) OC, so I hope they work out.

[binormalkilla]

All right my kit is here. Time to start testing! (fingers crossed....)

Well these would POST at the same settings as my Esoteria (DDR2-1129 5-5-5-15) at only 2.16V, but it wouldn't even boot without much more voltage.....I tried going as high as 2.35V and couldn't get it to fully stabilize. I got errors in 32M SuperPi within a few seconds......

I dunno, I guess the batches at newegg just aren't as good as others got.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

It passed memtest86 (one pass) @ stock settings 4-4-4-12 (the rest was auto) @ 2.1v.

What is the minimum number of passes that can be claimed stable?

[binormalkilla]

It passed memtest86 (one pass) @ stock settings 4-4-4-12 (the rest was auto) @ 2.1v.

What is the minimum number of passes that can be claimed stable?

Something crazy like 8 hours with memtest. Run 32M SuperPi to find the errors fastest.....either that or HCI Memtest for Windows. THat takes quite longer than SuperPi too.

[Spyrus]

@binormalkilla put a fun over them maybe they are getting hot.
If the sticker says 2.3@4-4-4 then are not the same like the other good batches.
Have you a cpuz? They should not have week/year also on spd.

[binormalkilla]

Well I tested the replacement kit and it's a bust....it can't even run DDR2-940 5-5-5-15 with 2.3V. Fail.

BTW SPyrus I have a 120mm fan over them....angled toward my NB.

[zfactor]

wow omg thats nuts syprus with your kit of these.. wish i could find some that did that

[beard]

Thank to this thread I bought this kit and registered at xs!

Does EVO stand for something more than heatspreaders?

I bought the kit without hs because it was 30€ cheaper. Based on Spyrus' comments these chips should be decent?

Not interested in oc:ing them until I get my e8400 - there's little gain in more bandwidth with e2140.

Using watercooled heatspreaders so I guess voltage won't be a problem? These chips stay pretty cool though.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

My heatsinks are not even warm to the touch. You'll have no issues with these. Even though mine are the 2.1-2.3v, they do well enough for low end OCs. I am not sure how much you can get out of them. Quads don't seem to like high FSB w/ low multi, so maybe someone w/ an e8400 can comment.

[Spyrus]

Yeap that photo has powerchips and 2.0V is the rated for 4-4-4 operation.
You should get good results on those. With a fan over them is better of course.

I do not know the pcb layer is the same though, but maybe it won't make any difference

[beard]

With a fan over them is better of course.

No need for a fan anymore

[zfactor]

what ^^^^ ?? hmmmmmm i would love a set of these but i def would want the 2.0v ones.. so far i have seen three sets that came from newegg that were all 2.3v none did over 1000...

[beard]

Yeah I know it's weird but I'm a watercooling freak. The fact is that many components may not need water cooling. I didn't know these chips run this cool - if I could choose now, I'd buy EVO sticks and keep them air cooled.

I don't think I'll have the guts to use crazy voltages (I could with water) because I have no clue if these 2.0v powerchips will have some kind of electromigration effects like micron d9?

Unfortunately, as Spyrus said, mine chips don't like cl4 either. I was planning to use the e8400 I ordered at 4.05g and keep ratio at 1:1 = 900 ddr and use tight timings but seems like I'll have to use dividers and higher mem clocks with cl5 to get more bandwidth...

E: Do they really pick better chips for more expensive memory or am I just that stupid that I paid extra 35€ for nothing? 6400 CL5 1.9V kit seems to have the same chips. But I doubt that all 800-cl5 sticks will run 800-cl4 with only 0.1v increase? Or do they? Of course I don't assume that all 800-cl5 kits use these powerchips but on the other hand people seem to get 2.3v sticks even when they pay more...

[Spyrus]

They should do 430-440@4-4-4-12 like mine but it going to be slow
CL = 5 is for those. Waiting results.