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GeIL Evo Corsa 8GB 2133CL9 Dual Channel Kit Review

Memory by leeghoofd @ 2012-01-04

In the last few months the major hardware spotlights where briefly focused on AMD's Zambezi platform and now more and more on Intels high end Sandy Bridge E platform. Though let us not forget what Intel refers to as the mainstream platform aka socket 1155 Sandy Bridge goodness. The brand new E version requires quad channel action, it's little brethren only in need of dual channel. Todays GeIL dual channel 8Gb kit, comprises for you wiz kids out of two 4Gb dimms at 2133Mhz rated speeds. No cutbacks on timings : CL9-11-9-27 is pretty good stuff. Usually we see high quantity kits running at low speeds (1600ish Mhz) On top of that usually coincides with sluggish timings too. For those that are a bit confused by the brand name : GeIL stands for Golden Emperor International Limited, nothing more and nothing less. Pretty sure most were thinking of something else. Let's open up the kit and see what we can do with this high end 8Gb kit.

Conclusion

This is my first ever review GeIL kit and at first I thought ow bummer another 4Gb dimm kit. What potential do such sticks have on the Sandy Bridge platform ? When we went down with the more profound part of the testing I was pleasantly surprised by these green sticks. Offering some extra tweaking potential for those daring to pump a bit more volts.

GeIl didn't go into extended lenghts as eg G.Skill to target a zillion of different users with these Evo Corsa rams. Being available in just 1866 and 2133Mhz variants in either 2 or 4Gb dimm dual channel configurations. Timing wise it's either loose Cas Latency for 1.5V Official Intel spec operations. For the CL9 versions you are outside Intel specs with 1.65Vdimm requirement. Anyway like I mentioned before, till now no harm found running Sandy Bridge CPUs with 1.7Vdimm for daily operations. But that's entirely up to you what you dare to risk or not...

Performance wise this 2133C9-11-9-28 kit is very strong. In fact it was the only 4Gb kit that I could push to a steady 1866Mhz at 8-9-8 timings on socket 1155. Most 4Gb dimm kits need a TRCD value of 10, no matter what voltages were used. The 2133Mhz speed, combined with the decent timings offered splendid performance on our socket 1156 setup.

Who must buy these ? For gamers these sticks might be slightly overkill as the FPS gain over a decent 1600Mhz kit is negligable. Though overall system performance benefits nicely from the extra bandwith available by running at 2133Mhz. If you want one of the fastest and still affordable 8Gb kits don't overlook this Evo Corsa kit. Only drawback that I can possibly think of is the look/size and colour of the heatspreader. It's all a matter of personal taste, but I kindda got used to the flashy fluo green theme. It's what is underneath that makes it tick.

A few months back finding a GeIL high end kit in the Benelux was not really mission impossible, but a tough job nevertheless. Luckily big online shops like Alternate and marketing companies like Freaks4U are promoting GeIl products to establish solid grounds in our regions. Retaling at just below the sub 100 euro mark might seem much at first glance. As some 8Gb 2133CL9 kits are retailing in the mid 80 euro region. Though when looking at the timings you directly spot where the difference is at. Most cheaper kits are rated for 9-11-10-28, these green babies can do 9-11-9-28 out of the box and even more :)

Due to their great overall performance and decent overclocking potential on SB S1155 I award these GeIl Evo Corsa 2133C9 kit the Madshrimps High Performance Award !

I wish to thank Ashley from GeIL for the support to HWbot and the guys from the german promotion office from Freaks4U for the review kit.

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