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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): Lifetime
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): Lifetime
Crucial Technology's Ballistix memory modules are designed for gamers, graphics and performance enthusiasts. They have high speed grades and low latencies to get your system running as fast as possible. The integrated heat spreader minimizes heat issues and helps to eliminate the BSOD from memory issues.
This 4GB kit (2GBx2) is designed to take advantage of dual channel mode for increased performance. The PC2-6400 memory can transfer a whopping 6.4GB/s of data ensuring that the memory subsystem isn't the bottleneck that slows your system.
Make sure your system will run it, then give your machine a kick in the motherboard with these Ballistix from Crucial!
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This is some great ram. I have it running at ddr2 1066/5-5-5-15 2t with only 1.8V. Completely stable. Going from cheap Corsair to this allowed to turn down the voltage on my processor as well while keeping the same speed. At stock speeds of 800/4-4-4-12 2t, it benchmarked at 9.2 gb/s. This compared to the Corsiar at the same timings and speeds which got 8.6 gb/s.
Cons: Can't think of any. I'll see if rebate comes back, haven't had any rejected yet this year.
Other Thoughts: This is at the top of its class when it comes to ddr2 ram right now. Tests have shown it running as high as 1245, but I'm happy with 1066 right now so I haven't tried. Maybe in a couple years when I get what will be at the time a cheap Intel.
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Why This RAM is Great
Reviewed By: eligray on 1/2/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: To set things straight, I am an advanced overclocker with both liquid cooling and phase change. This RAM is great for a few reasons. First off, you can obviously see in newegg's specs that it has 4-4-4-12 timing. This is good, right, but what differentiates this from other ram with the same speed and timings? The voltage and the headroom. Due to the large headroom provided by Crucial, these sticks can clock very fast at their stock volts, and timings are easy to keep low. The other great thing, the voltage, is at a nice and low 2.0 volts, so you still have plenty of room to raise it. 2.1v is very safe as long as you have reasonable case airflow, and 2.2v is fine in most machines as well. The combination of this headroom and conservative voltage makes for very overclockable RAM. I am only pushing my CPU for now, but I booted and ran max stress with Prime95 with no issues at 1150mhz and 5-5-5-15 timings. Keep in mind there is plenty of work left for me to do in order to reach potential!!
Cons: absolutely 0
Other Thoughts: I got on black friday from Fri's for $40 minus $20 mail in rebate.
System specs: DFI p45 T2RS+ Core 2 Duo e8500 at ~-30c on phase change cooling Radeon 4850, soon to be below ambient on waterchiller
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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: None (see Cons)
Cons: Apparent high failure rate; BSoDs; pricey
Other Thoughts: It's hard to review RAM, since it is probably the one part of a PC's hardware which is most finnicky and difficult to troubleshoot. However, that being said, I purchased two different types of RAM for my office PCs. One brand has given me no trouble at all. However, two PCs received the Crucial Ballistix 4GB Kit (2 x 2GB DDR2 800 CL4) and since that time, both have been prone to BSoDs and numerous memory-specific errors (read/write failures, address violations, etc.).
At first, I was thinking it may just be a faulty RAM stick. But not just one -- all four were bad. I don't seem to recall having problems with Crucial before, so I wonder if this is specific to this particular SKU, but I would highly recommend avoiding these, unless you have money to blow. Buyer beware.
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Careful! This is Crucial!
Reviewed By: greyspot on 2/5/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Ran like a beast, until it died.
Cons: Died after about 9 months of use at low (automatic) speed settings, and less than a month at "recommended" settings.
If you run this at the listed timings, don't expect it to last long at all. This RAM runs HOT.
Other Thoughts: I've got this replaced twice by Crucial, paying for the shipping each time.
Just read other reviews. This stuff kicks the bucket after 3-9 months (depending on usage). All of the good reviews are within short ownership. Give it some time and see. Or better yet, DON'T BUY THIS STUFF.
I'm not sure what happened to Crucial's quality. The "heat spreaders" are glued on! Not only that, they changed all of the new sticks to 8 chip modules instead of 16 chip just to save some cash. Not a big deal until they fail to change any advertisements, pictures, or even the model numbers. They market it as the same RAM!
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Very good Mem, BUT!
Reviewed By: alohg on 2/4/2010
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: -Got at a great price back in Sept, $56.99 CAD and also ran very well with GIGABYTE GA-EP45C-UD3R. -Called Crucial and they are sending me replacements, very good service. Gave card number, they send me new ram, then I just send my faulty ram back later so I'm still up and running.
Cons: -Worked very well up until the last month now I'm getting "data loss or corruption, mysterious intermittent errors and the dreaded BSOD!" When I bought, I saw that others had this issue as well but didn't care for this price it should have been fine. -I would buy again for $57 but not for the listed $114 as of this time.
Other Thoughts: I guess read the reviews and the percentage of RMA stories might give you an idea of your odds of sending back the ram for a replacement or just bad luck for me.
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Model
Brand
Crucial
Series
Ballistix
Model
BL2KIT25664AA80A
Type
240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Tech Spec
Capacity
4GB (2 x 2GB)
Speed
DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas Latency
4
Timing
4-4-4-12
Voltage
2.0V
ECC
No
Buffered/Registered
Unbuffered
Multi-channel Kit
Dual Channel Kit
Heat Spreader
Yes
Recommend Use
High Performance or Gaming Memory
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
Lifetime limited
Labor
Lifetime limited
Introduction
Crucial Technology's Ballistix memory modules are designed for gamers, graphics and performance enthusiasts. They have high speed grades and low latencies to get your system running as fast as possible. The integrated heat spreader minimizes heat issues and helps to eliminate the BSOD from memory issues.
This 4GB kit (2GBx2) is designed to take advantage of dual channel mode for increased performance. The PC2-6400 memory can transfer a whopping 6.4GB/s of data ensuring that the memory subsystem isn't the bottleneck that slows your system.
Make sure your system will run it, then give your machine a kick in the motherboard with these Ballistix from Crucial!
Highlights
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 SDRAM Built for performance enthusiasts, the Ballistix line pushes the performance envelope without data loss or corruption, mysterious intermittent errors and display problems, or even the dreaded BSOD! Ballistix high-performance memory modules feature advanced speed grades, low latencies and integrated aluminum heat spreaders.
DDR2 800 DDR2 800 delivers incredible performance and platform compatibility with up to 6.4GB/s memory bandwidth per channel for the ultimate work and gaming power!
Reviewed By: Dan on 12/30/2008
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
