GEIL POLARIS RGB DDR5 32GB 5200MHz Memory Review
Brandon Dodman / 3 years ago
How Much Does It Cost?
At the time of writing, the same version of the kit we have, the white 5200MHz 32GB kit can be found for $280.99 on Amazon US; this price actually comes in lower than the Corsair Vengeance memory we tested, and with performance that rivals even the Dominator Platinum at times, this kit seems to be priced low for what it is.
Overview
On average, this kit performs between both of the Corsair kits, who were fighting among themselves throughout the entire testing process. We did manage to reach higher speeds on the Vengeance kit when overclocking; when we take a closer look at the results, we can see that the overclocking scores we reached on the Polaris were pretty much the same as the higher overclocks on the Corsair kit.
In general, this kit performs very well, especially for the price that it’s at right now. For less money than some kits that have better brand recognition, we are seeing better performance per dollar across the board. Obviously, when buying a product from a company as large as Corsair, you can expect some creature comforts, like support. And whilst I can recommend this kit of ram based on the performance here and now; I can’t tell you how it’ll perform after a few years of use, especially if you do plan on overclocking it.
Should I Buy One?
Evaluating the performance of the memory here and now, I can say that for the money it’s pretty amazing. Getting the same performance out of the kit as you can with the higher-priced kits, there is no real reason to spend the extra money if you want nothing but pure performance.
That is pretty much how I will decide on if you should buy this kit or not, you need to ask yourself what matters most for you when buying memory; do you want the best performing kit you can get while saving all the money you can or are you more about something that you know will last a long time? If you are after the former, then I don’t think I can actually recommend this kit enough; you’ll be getting everything you want out of the kit with the added bonus of quite a lot of RGB (if you are into that).
