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Thursday, March 13, 2008
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These modules are rated for operation at DDR3-1600 which is PC3-12800 at 1.8V. The modules have SPD values for lower speeds (DDR3-1066) at JEDEC specs to provide boards the needed initial boot to provide the RAM with the proper voltage and timings. The stock timings at DDR3-1600 are 8-8-8-24. DDR3 latencies are very high compared to DDR2 and should only get better in time. These modules are lead free which helps the environment. Nothing like being green in today's world. I almost forgot that the command rate is 1T which means you get an extra performance boost.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
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Crucial Ballistix DDR2 kits have always been a favorite among overclockers. Today we'll be reviewing the DDR3 incarnation to see if they are worthy of the Ballistix name.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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Today we are looking at 4GB of PC2-6400 SODIMM RAM from Crucial for use in a notebook computer. To get the full benefit from 4GB of RAM, you need to have a 64-bit OS. I was very impressed with the performance of the Crucial 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 RAM in my Vista Ultimate machine. I wholeheartedly recommend that anyone running Vista seriously consider a RAM upgrade, it can make a huge difference in your performance.
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Friday, January 4, 2008
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DDR3 Memory offers such a high front side bus to overclocker's that CPU speeds can reach well beyond extreme. Crucial has produced the Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 BL2KIT12864BA1608 DDR3 1600MHz 2x1GB RAM kit for hardware enthusiasts to take advantage of. Benchmark Reviews has discovered more overclocking headroom in these modules than any other, and put them to the test in this review.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
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The Ballistix DDR3 1600 MHz CL8 Kit is Crucial's only enthusiast DDR3 offering at the moment and as such it has been placed right in the middle of the MHz and CL rating spectrum. The memory kit does actually manage speeds of almost 2 GHz and tighter timings at the stock speed of 1600 MHz.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
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Crucial's Newegg Lanfest 2K7 Special Edition memory kit is an extreme overclocking kit at its best. With stellar looks and the potential to simply shatter the rated specifications, this kit definitely won't fail to please the overclocking needs of any PC enthusiast and at a great price to boot.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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The 1600MHz dual channel memory kit comes rated with 8-8-8-24 at 1.8V and it was able to run either a command rate of 1T or 2T with no issues at this clock frequency. This is due to the fact that Crucial's 1600MHz memory kits use highly screened Micron ICs that have been found to offer great timings and high clock frequencies. With an Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 processor running at 450MHz Front Side Bus, we were able to reach 1800MHz at 2.20V with 7-7-7-20 1T timings on the 1600MHz Crucial Ballistix DDR3 memory kit...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
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The interest surrounding DDR3 RAM modules is slowly growing. While prices are still high, the technology has advanced quite quickly and the performance of the modules has significantly improved. Although many of the high performance DDR3 chips are currently made by Micron, ironically Crucial began offering high speed DDR3 modules a few months later than other companies. Today we will take a look at the best DDR3 set Crucial currently offer, the Ballistix PC3-12800 2GB kit. Rated at 1600MHz with 8-8-8-24 timings @ 1.8V they should offer excellent performance.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
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In the past the Ballistix range from Crucial has stunned us with its overclocking ability right from DDR, through to DDR2 and now DDR3. Today we are taking a look at Crucial's new 12800 overclocking pair of modules; let see if they live up to the previous generation's sterling reputations.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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DDR3 memory is all the hype right now, particularly with Intel's X38 chipset making waves. Crucial's entry into the enthusiast class DDR3 memory line the 2GB Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 memory kit. Each stick in this pair is 1GB in capacity, and runs by default at DDR3-1600 speeds. With timings of 8-8-8-20, what we really want to know is how far will this Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 memory overclock.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
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Serious enthusiasts should be able to make good use of system memory like the Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC3-12800 DDR3. Even though things are constantly evolving, you have to assume memory with such a high frequency and tight timings should keep a modern system humming along nicely for quite a while without showing signs of age.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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The DDR3 revolution has only just begun and the performance is already better than a lot of people figured it would be. The clocks we are seeing from these Micron D9GTR ICs on the Crucial Ballistix modules are simply incredible and un-matched by anyone else at the moment, much like the Micron D9GMH/GKX of DDR2.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
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Good RAM wouldn't be good if it didn't have rows of flashing lights under its heatspreader. Wait, that makes no sense. RAM is good when it, and, therefore, your computer, blazes. It should be about lower latencies and higher bandwidth, not Blinken- and ground lights. But are the two mutually exclusive? If we apply rice theory, spinners and lights may be added to any vehicle (import or domestic--although it's pretty hard to be impressed by a pimped-out Taurus) and imply, but are not evidence of, high performance. OK, so hear me out--there's a place where that metaphor comes back to fit, fer rills. Real racecars don't have lights and junk. That's heavy. Can high-performance RAM have lights? Will the extra stuff and/or heat weigh down the memory just as surely as would a tail fin lovingly crafted from Bondo?
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
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In the last months there were speculations in many forums regarding the Micron ICs used on the very inexpensive Crucial PC2-4200 DDR2 memory modules. At ocinside.de we've already published several reviews of Crucial PC2-8500, PC2-8000, PC2-6400 and PC2-5300 memory modules, whereby we've recently also tested a 2GB PC2-4200 ECC kit. However, the ECC kit was equipped with Elpida memory chips instead of high overclockable Micron D9GMH ICs. Who order the memory modules in online shops, has usually no further information regarding the module assembly and can only trust reviews or experiences of other buyers.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
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We're getting into the hardware reviews something fierce, and now is a good time to start a series of memory articles. Let's begin with the basics: DDR2-800. Also known as PC2 6400 RAM, 800MHz DDR2 is the most common memory standard, which balances tight timings and high bandwidth perfectly. And because DDR2-800 is universal to AMD and Intel alike, it sets the baseline against which all other RAM is compared. In the spirit of introducing this series on RAM, I've reviewed the plainest, greenest, no-frills, all-stock DDR2 I could find: Crucial's 2x1GB non-Ballistix DDR2-800 kit. And I was very pleased by it.
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