Is ASUS compatible with Geil? - Powercolor or Sapphire 9800 PRO?

[bw2314]

1) I'm going to be getting an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe for my new computer and want to utilize it's dual channel memory support. To do this you need to get matching memory sticks and the cheapest matching memory sticks I could find were Geil (By a longshot). I've used Geil in the past and it was very reliable but that was with my Abit. I'm not going to be overclocking too much and just want to know if anyone has used the ASUS/Geil combo before and how it went.

2) I'm also going to be getting a 9800 PRO should I get Sapphire or Powercolor and why?

[evildoc614]

get the Sapphire alot of people have problems/complain about Powercolor.. and i dont think you will have anyproblems with the Geil...

[bw2314]

Thanks =)

[chrisf6969]

got some Geil Golden Dragon 3200 2-3-3-6-1T a few weeks ago for a system I built (not my own) and they ran fine at their spec'd speed.

Sidenote: really cool looking little silver chips (instead of big black chips) and they came in these really nifty boxes. http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....144-606-04.JPG <-- see 3rd & 4th picture... chinese cloth velvet insides. (thought that would cause static) Think the plastic piece over the really small chips protects from static.

[Korky]

if u want the dogs meat of ram, get the mushkin 3200 lvl2 2-2-2 rated bh5 chips, they will stay rock bottom timings with massive fsbs