Anyone used Crucial Ballistix before?

[sawyen]

I'm out hunting for an extra gig of memory.. was tempted by the low price for 2x512 Ballistix DDR400 2-2-2-6... Was wondering if anyone used them before?

[kempez]

I'm out hunting for an extra gig of memory.. was tempted by the low price for 2x512 Ballistix DDR400 2-2-2-6... Was wondering if anyone used them before?

I haven't personally but I think they use micron chips that do something in-between TCCD and BH5 performance-wise....good stuf

[GuruJockStrap]

Good RAM backed up with Crucials excellent warranty.

Good stuff indeed

[sawyen]

already ordered... sweet...

[dodgybob]

I use them, admittedly never overclocked, and they run fine. One thing to note is that they have a higher than normal defualt voltage of 2.8v at 400mhz.

[skuzgib]

I've ran mine @ 2.6 no probs.

[dodgybob]

Have to admit i've never tried it at 2.6v. Just plugged it in saw, that it was recommended to be at 2.8v and left it at that. I feel some undervolting is in order, cheers mate

[philyau]

good custoemr service is crucial, so u wont have any worries in that dept.

phil

[Sk!mD4Rk]

I'm out hunting for an extra gig of memory.. was tempted by the low price for 2x512 Ballistix DDR400 2-2-2-6... Was wondering if anyone used them before?

Will your mobo be ok with 4 x 512 dimms? you might have to clock back a bit

[kempez]

Will your mobo be ok with 4 x 512 dimms? you might have to clock back a bit

I was gonna say that but....4 x 512mb DIMMS always leads to 2T and often leads to only 333MHz

I'm getting 2 x 1gb Crucial Tracers as they are the best overclocking modules I know (AFAIK)

[Xenctuary]

Crucial are my favourite RAM supplier and they've got a free delivery offer at the moment. Plus, the Ballistix / Ballistix Tracer range just look downright cool

[sawyen]

yea, will have to run 2T.. but beats the loading time for BF2.. and I'm preparing me system to handle Elder Scrolls Oblivion later this year..

[Shinobi]

Yeah its very nice ram the Ballistix, you made a good choice there. I knew a few ppl who use it and have got some nice overclocking out of those Micron 5B G chips.

I was tempted to get some Ballistix myself till i came across a 1gb Dual Channel Kit of OCZ PC3500EL old BH-5 for £40 through a friend in the US. Couldn't pass that up

[jonny4288]

Currently using Crucial Ballistix at the moment, ram has ran solid since installed, never looked back since using crucial

[arthurleung]

4x512 will requires you to use 2T timing which reduce memory performance by around 10%

But DDR400 shouldn't be a problem since you're using a Venice, I had overclocked 4x1G to DDR510 and it ran fine