Geil EVO Spear DDR4 for Ryzen Review 7

Geil EVO Spear DDR4 for Ryzen Review

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Testing Rated Speeds

There are four configurations I tested to start these AMD memory reviews off with; 2133 MHz, 2400 MHz, 2933 MHz, and 3066 MHz. The 2133 MHz and 2400 MHz settings are "JEDEC" compatibility profiles from two different AMD-rated memory kits. Both of these profiles run with a default voltage of 1.2V, but the 2133 MHz profile is from the GeiL EVO Spear sticks, while the 2400 MHz profile is from a completely different kit. The 2933 MHz and 3066 MHz settings are from the Geil EVO Spear sticks and run at 1.35V. It may seem strange to run these sticks at those speeds, but it is a common thing for quite a few entry-level motherboards to not directly support the 3000 MHz divider or for it to only be possible by increasing the BCLK. Some boards do support it without any issues at all. Either way, the board we are using for our testing of AMD Ryzen DDR4 memory does not, so most kits at 3000 MHz or above boot in at 2933 MHz. This is a bit weird to me since the board's QVL does specify that it supports some kits that work at 3000 MHz. I'm not sure what's going on there or how those other 3000 MHz kits work, but this one doesn't, though I am happy to report that both 2933 MHz and 3066 MHz worked without any problems at all. Below are CPU-Z screenshots of the chosen configurations:

2133 MHz




2400 MHz




2933 MHz




3066 MHz


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