Geil or Corsair?

[Phippsp]

Is Geil memory better then Corsair or vis versa?

 

[SlothX311]

personal pref again.....i'd personally go with corsair

 

[OS Dragon]

I have never seen Geil in action but I know that Corsair is reliable. My personal pref would have to be Kingston.

 

[john1979]

Eather their both good, i have used both in the past and their isn't much diffeance.

 

[tomprice43]

Corsair is probably used more and is reveiwed as more relibable, but geil is still good.

 

[Praetor]

Geil WHAT versus Corsair WHAT? Or are you speaking from a financial investment perspective?

 

[Phippsp]

Geil PC3200 400mhz 1GB (512x2)

Cosair PC3200 400mhz 1GB (512x2).

I danno does anyone have suggestions on memory that is 150.00 or under. 2 512 sticks Duel Channel 184-pin PC 3200? Going to be putting them on

Gigabyte GA-K8NS-939 mobo.

 

[Praetor]

Ok perhaps i should have been more specific .... what SERIES of memory are you comparing

 

[schmeggin]

Geil PC3200 400mhz 1GB (512x2)

Cosair PC3200 400mhz 1GB (512x2).

I danno does anyone have suggestions on memory that is 150.00 or under. 2 512 sticks Duel Channel 184-pin PC 3200? Going to be putting them on

Gigabyte GA-K8NS-939 mobo.

I think you need to make a decision based on your own preference - but their are plenty of articles comparing their performance. Take a look at some of these articles: http://anandtech.com/memory/

There is no definitively "this is better than that" answer. They are both reputable brands.

 

[Praetor]

There is no definitively "this is better than that" answer. They are both reputable brands.

I beg to differ. A quick counterexample (which notes how details can change everything hehe)
- http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-310&depa=1
- http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-523&depa=1

 

[schmeggin]

I beg to differ. A quick counterexample (which notes how details can change everything hehe)
- http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-310&depa=1
- http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-523&depa=1

Note quite sure what this should illustrate? Both sets of customers are very satisfied - but the price difference is huge - although I am not completely sure that these DIMMs are exactly compatible in terms of timings.

Here in Oz, Corsair 3200 c2 1024MB kit is reasonably cheap (AUD$281 or about US$200). This is great RAM and would be my preference. Geil RAM with the same timings is offered at an almost identical price.

 

[Yeti]

Note quite sure what this should illustrate? Both sets of customers are very satisfied

I think Praetor was to point out that there are different timings (and thus differences in performance) - the Geil had a CAS latency of 2.5 whereas the Corsair had a latency of 2 (which is very good). There probably are other differences but I'm not all that familiar with memory technologies. Overclocking and stability are probably a factor also.