Review: GeIL Evo Corsa 16GB Quad Channel DDR3-2400 MHz CL11
Category : DDR3
Published by Christian Ney on 12.01.12
With the fresh new Evo Corsa Series, GeIL just released their new DDR3 Gaming memory, that features high clocks frequencies. The kit we are testing is designed for Intel's latest high end platform LGA2011 X79 and is rated at 2400 MHz CL11 for a 16GB Quad Channel operation.
On the following pages we will show you what the GeIL Evo Corsa 16GB Quad Channel 2400 MHz kit is capable of.
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Preview
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Technical Details
| Manufacturer | GeIL Evo Corsa GOC316GB2400C11QC |
| Type | DDR3 |
| Capacity | 16 GByte (4 x 4 GByte) |
| Frequency | PC3-19200 DDR3-2400 MHz |
| Timings | 11-11-11-30 |
| VDIMM | 1.65 Volt |
| Registred/Unbuffered | Unbuffered |
| ECC | No |
| Cooling | Passive Heatspreader |
| Waranty | Lifetime warranty |
| On the manufacturer's website | PC3-19200 2400MHz C9 & C10 & C11 EVO CORSA QUAD CHANNEL |
GeIL's Quad-Channel modules are being shipped in a cardboard box. If we take a closer look at the heatspreader, we can see that it has been well manufactured Futhermore we do also like these modules design although it is a matter of taste.
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Test Setup
| Motherboard | Gigabyte X79-UD7 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3930K |
| Graphic card | Asus Radeon HD 5550 |
| Memory | GeIL Evo Corsa GOC316GB2400C11QC |
| HDD | OCZ Vertex 2 60Go |
| PSU | Seasonic X-Series 750 Watts |
| OS | Memtest86+ v4.2 |
We were thinking a lot about how to test memory in a way that one can come up with a qualitative conclusion rather than a quantitative one. Our goal is to be able to comment on the memory kits quality. Furthermore, standard performance tests with memory do not have any significance at all. This is because almost the only thing you're measuring is the error in measurement.
What we do instead of performance tests are "scaling test". First we start with the standard voltage and increase the frequency until the system becomes unstable. To test the stability we use Memtest86+ v4.2.
Using this method one can do statements on the modules potential and on the quality of the chips used. Generally you can say the lower the voltage needed for high overclocking results the better the chips.
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Results
SPD
Overclocking
First of all as you can see increasing the voltage by 0.05v doesn't bring much more frequency headroom. The GeIL Evo Corsa performed very well for a 16GB memory kit, with the stock/default voltage we easily managed to get a stable 2000 MHz at CL8. 200 MHz more were possible with higher CL9 latencies and we were close to the rated frequency in CL10, only 50 MHz away. Basically this means even buying the CL11 kit you will be able to run it at the specs of the CL10 kit. For the CL11-11-11-30-1T results we managed to run only at default specs and we had to raise the different voltages of our CPU because the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) of our chip is not that good so that's why we weren't able to do more than 2400 MHz. On X79 LGA2011 and Sandy Bridge E processors it's easy to run the memory at 2133 MHz but not all chips are capable of operating at these frequencies. So not only the memory is part of the equation, the CPU is too.
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Conclusion
Regarding the Evo Corsa 2400 MHz CL11 modules, GeIL succeeded in putting together an overall good memory kit. Also the manufacturing quality and the looks of these modules have been able to convince. In our testing we clearly saw that this memory kit is very easy to work with.As we can see from our graphs the GeIL GOC316GB2400C11QC modules performed very nice when you give them lower latencies. This kit is rated to work at CL11 and when driving them at CL10 we were very close to reach the rated speed of the kit which is 2400 MHz. Using the stock/default voltage the kit was fully stable at 2000 MHz unsing CL8 and 2200 MHz unsing CL9 latencies. This makes the Evo Corsa one of the fastest 16GB kit on the market.
We generally recommend this memory kit to gamers as well as enthusiasts who want to get a 16GB memory kit which performs way above average. Unfortunately these modules aren't exactly cheap but it is what you have to pay for a high end 16 GB quad channel kit.
Rating
With the Evo Corsa Series, GeIL has some solid 16GB memory modules in its portfolio that come at a price tag of CHF 286.- (236 Euro).
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