Testseek.com have collected 47 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron PC3-12800 1600MHz Ballistix Series and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron PC3-12800 1600MHz Ballistix Series.
January 2008
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The editors liked
Unparallel performance and memory bandwidth with Micron D9GTR ICs
Top quality packaging and customer service
As always
From Crucial
Extremely flexible for timings available to be run at a plethora of frequencies
Future proof for builds of today going...
Performance
Overclocking
Size
Very Stable
Great Overclocking
Competitive MSRP
Blazing fast
Tight timings
Crucials traditional quality
Reliability
And warranty
In an overclocking DDR3 kit
Have to assume your system wont need a memory upgrade for a long time
New heatspreader design looks good and makes great contact with all m...
XMP profile for 8-8-8-24 timings at 1600MHz
Good bit of headroom for overclocking
Finned heatsinks and thermal sensors provided to enhance performance
Moderately priced compared to kits with similar specifications
Limited lifetime warranty
Highly overclockable
1.8v enough to overclock it high
Memory wont need upgrading for a long time
Runs with tight timings or high speeds
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Good price for the value ($119 USD)
Crucial Limited Lifetime Warranty
Interesting design and colors will appeal a bunch of users
Integrated IC for thermalmonitoring via MOD utility (support 32 and 64 bit OS)
Will work on any Intel based system and probably on AMD systems too
Manages 1600 MHz CL77715
Lot of room up to 1944 MHz CL88820 at 2.0V
Runs at CL55510 and 1333 MHz with ease
Lifetime warranty
Environmently friendly packaging
Compact heatspreaders
Sticks also sold seperately
Great Overclocker
Looks stylish
Performs well
Temp sensors
Offers excellent CPU overclocking potential
Guaranteed 1600MHz of high-speed bandwidth
Memory overclocks to 1825MHz at default voltage and timing
Efficient CL8-8-8-24 memory timings
Lifetime Product Warranty
Reasonably affordable early adoption pr...
The editors didn't like
The top of all DDR3 disadvantage lists will be $$$ for some time yet...dont hate the player
Hate the game
Price
None
Expensive!
Current release of monitoring utility is still in Beta and may be flaky
Other than the thermal sensor
There's nothing really new
Expensive
2 GB "only"
Overclocking is very limited due to the ICs in their memory chips
Pricey
Currently only this one model available
SPD progamming holds three weird settings
Stickers do not hold any usable information
Other brands run at 77718 at same speed.
Does no come packaged with the Crucial M.O.D. software
Published: 2013-05-12, Author: Thomas , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: We've abided by Intel's 1.55 V recommendation for two architectures and two die shrinks, yet most performance memory manufacturers ignore it. Recent problems with one of our builds raised the question, how far can we push RAM without killing CPUs? Remem...
This is a very nice ram kit with a lot of potential, you can overclock it quite a bit and it runs smooth and stable at a high performance. The size makes it possible to mount big cpu coolers and have a lot more space around the cpu socket for mods and...
This particular Crucial Ballistix kit works extremely well on AMD-based platforms and they are quite versatile in regards to the speeds and timings that they can run. We found that with little effort we were able to get these sticks clocking well with...
Great Overclocker, Looks stylish, Performs well, Temp sensors
Does no come packaged with the Crucial M.O.D. software
The Crucial Ballistix 1600 Mhz ram preformed better than most would have thought. It offers a lot of potential to overclockers and enthusiasts. The Ballistix excelled in our tests. The higher the Mhz, the better it proved to be. Even though I was limit...
XMP profile for 8-8-8-24 timings at 1600MHz, Good bit of headroom for overclocking, Finned heatsinks and thermal sensors provided to enhance performance, Moderately priced compared to kits with similar specifications, Limited lifetime warranty
Current release of monitoring utility is still in Beta and may be flaky, Other than the thermal sensor, there's nothing really new
The Crucial 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 kit with thermal sensor offered rock solid performance during our testing. In most of our testing, the stock speed results were comparable with other 1600MHz kits on hand, and we were able to get about a 250MHz overclock...
In any field someone always has to be the fore-runner. The bow that breaks the waves to allow everyone else to follow in the wake. More often than not that very fore-runner is quickly overtaken by everyone else as they refine and improve the process.Sadly...
bmr_approved.png, Good price for the value ($119 USD), Crucial Limited Lifetime Warranty, Interesting design and colors will appeal a bunch of users, Integrated IC for thermalmonitoring via MOD utility (support 32 and 64 bit OS), Will work on any Intel based system and probably on AMD systems too,
Overclocking is very limited due to the ICs in their memory chips
Crucial Ballistix BL2KIT25664FN1608 performance is just average. The kit isn't able to work at 1T command rate and it needs more than 1.5v to work stable with very loose timings and common frequencies. They also suffered from a cold boot bug or someth...
Abstract: Video Review: The Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 DDR3 Dual Channel 4GB Memory performs very well. It has a speed of 1600MHz, latency of 8-8-8-24 and is 1.65 volts. The orange/silver heatspreader looks excellent and since this memory is of normal dimension it will not interfere with CPU coolers. I was a little disappointed though that it would not run at 8-8-8-24 using 1T, I had to set it to 2T. This is still very acceptable and still yields excellent results.
Abstract: It took a while for me to notice it, until I installed them into the test system actually, but after doing so I noticed to my regret that Crucial had sent us a 3Gb kit, instead of the 6Gb kit we agreed on. This wasn't obvious from the outside (the module size is nowhere mentioned), however it..
Abstract: As we come close to the end of the year we see DDR2 prices drop like flies and new hardware requiring DDR3.This only tells us one thing.....Yes, finally DDR3 has become mainstream and with this mainstream status we see the prices start to become reason...
