...if you really do need capacity and speed on a leading Intel platform, GeIL's EVO Veloce pack is as good as any.
The recipe for high-speed DDR3 memory is simple enough: take some fast chips, stick them on a custom PCB, add a nice-looking heatspreader, and then give them a suitably 'speedy' name. GeIL's take on this particular bake is the EVO Veloce memory, available in dual-channel kits at speeds up to a blistering 2,800MHz.
Our review of the 16GB pack of 2,400MHz CL11 dual-channel memory underscores a truth that we've been preaching for a while now. Fast, expensive DDR3 RAM provides the very last drop of performance on Intel's Z77 platform, but it is exactly that: the last drop. Most users would be advised to look at significantly cheaper RAM that's good enough to do the job required.
But HEXUS also appreciates that there's a market, albeit very niche, for super-high-frequency system memory. £130 is a lot of cash for 16GB (2x8GB) of DDR3-2,400 memory, absolutely, yet GeIL's pack is, in reality, on the low side for this configuration.
Bottom line: if you really do need capacity and speed on a leading Intel platform, GeIL's EVO Veloce pack is as good as any.
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HEXUS Rating
GeIL EVO Veloce 16GB
(GEV316GB2400C11ADC)
HEXUS Where2Buy
The reviewed GeIL EVO Veloce 16GB DDR3-2400 memory kit is available to purchase from Overclockers UK.
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