My Crucial Ballistix

cruc1fy

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I got my 512MB PC4000 Ballistix sticks today. I threw them in and ran memory stability tests all day. They are running 450MHz at CL2.0, so I'm pretty happy with them.

I used to be a Corsair snob, but I thought I'd give Crucial a chance. Sure it's only been a day, but it seems to be running great.

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what voltage,? is it cas2.2.2?? also how much did they cost?? thnx flapper

 

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2-2-2-2 @ 2.8V

Total after tax and shipping was $303 for 1GB direct from crucial.com

 

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cruc1fy said:

2-2-2-2 @ 2.8V

Total after tax and shipping was $303 for 1GB direct from crucial.com

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Are u sure u get that tight timing? 2 2 2 2? not 2 2 2 6?

 

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it should be 2-2-2-6

 

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henesse said:

it should be 2-2-2-6

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I've never been clear about the order in which the attributes are listed when someone writes W-X-Y-Z.

In PCWizard, it shows tCL, tRCD, tRP and tRAS all at 2 clocks.



Should it read: CL-RAStoCAS-RASPrecharge-Read Delay?
Should it read: CL-RAStoCAS-RASPrecharge-Cycle Time?

Or is it something else?

 

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my god.

 

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I've never heard of 2.2.2.2 before on any ram. Has anyone else here seen those timings before? If so, what memory was it?

 

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Those look promising. Now we need to see how well they respond to voltage.

 

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Incredible. I wanted to order them a couple of days ago, but decided not to. Awesome timings for that high of an FSB! I think the 256s run pretty fast so 512 dual cahnnel wouldn't be bad either. Checked the Crucial site and its about 77 dollars for 256 and 4% off when you buy any pair of Ballistix. If only there was a low cost alternative that gave reasonable timings such as these...

 

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cruc1fy said:

I got my 512MB PC4000 Ballistix sticks today. I threw them in and ran memory stability tests all day. They are running 450MHz at CL2.0, so I'm pretty happy with them.

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Hmm, looks good- and if you could keep these timings (2.0-2-2) up to 230MHz or even more, I'll give them a shot.





Ok, I'll give them a shot.
Someone else with similar results? Let's hope it's not just that you had the best luck of the draw

 

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mmm i had 2*512 when it first came out. Wasn't too impressed. COuldnt run tight timings regardless or voltage or overclock. Stock speeds are fine. I returned it the next day and went and bought myself another gig of OCZ EB

 

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K4mui said:

Hmm, looks good- and if you could keep these timings (2.0-2-2) up to 230MHz or even more, I'll give them a shot.

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It booted at full 250MHz with those timings, but it wasn't stable.

 

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It booted at full 250MHz with those timings, but it wasn't stable.

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It did W H A T ??

Wow, that's impressive.. ok, if that's not screeniestable it's relatively worthless, right (actually this is my way to ask for some pics )

And situman, I knew your results, you shared them with us, didn't you? Maybe you had just no luck? Strange anyway... one very good (I think so) and one very bad...

 

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yeah as with everything, its the draw of the luck. I guess its just part of my bad luck with hardwares.

 

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Well, I do not have bad luck, I just have very bad timing... I missed BH-5 by only three days, after that they were gone (exept of Mushkin and OCZ)
I missed T-Bred by one week *grr*

At last now, I don't want to be too late... okay, it doesn't seem like I could be late, but I don't want to make a mistake- and with your results, it definately would be one- you know, nothing against you

 

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It's cool, just wanted to share my experiences. Nothing against Crucial memory. In fact I remember their PC2100 overclocking to PC2700 speeds at 2225 timings. Those were the days.

 

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http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145

and

http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145&p=9

 

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This 2x512 balistic booted right up at the same timings and speed as the EB3700 was set. 253 3-3-2-1T 5x sync at 2.85volts. Maybe she ain't so bad after all. I'l run Sandra for a while and see if it is stable.