A Closer Look

I was really surprised and impressed with the sticks I pulled out of the box! The small metal heatspreader wraps tightly around the DIMM's PCB on these GeiL EVO Spear sticks, with a nice and large vanity label on one side and a small Ryzen sticker on the other, along with the stick's label. It appears these sticks are single-rank, so they should be ready for Ryzen's requirements for running at higher speeds.


There are some bumps and ridges that protrude from the stick's surface, matched on each side of the stick.


The labelling and such is rather unique, surprisingly, as there is only so much memory companies can do here. I would appreciate smaller labels for the product's specifications, however. You do find all the pertinent information on that label, including size (8 GB), speed (3000 MHz), primary timings (16-18-18-36), and the operating voltage (1.35V). The other bits of information on the label are the serial number and product identifiers.


The heatspreader clips together on the end of the stick. This clamping design allows for the heatsink to sit pretty tightly on the sticks, which helps in keeping the sticks thin so that air can travel between them when installed in multiples close to each other. Some other sticks are so thick they even touch each other, but not these GeiL EVO Spear sticks!


I always take these pictures of the edge of the sticks, looking for markings on the PCB that might help us with overclocking the DIMMs. Sometimes, there is valuable information here.


Unfortunately, there is not with these sticks. I could not even find any markings for how many layers the PCBs have.