Product ReviewsCrucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Kit W/ LEDs
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 Rating: Review Date: 07/01/10  |
Cons:
Nothing to mention.
Pros: Works right out of the package with no tweaks needed. I actually bought this ram to put into a system of a manager at my place of employment who already had 2GB of this exact ram. I was afraid there may have been an incompatibility of the two ram types since they are about 2 years apart in purchase date from each other. I was glad that no issues have arisen. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/19/08 |
Cons: None
Pros: PricePerformance Comment:
Picked these up as were on sale. I thought the LEDs would be more of a gimmick but they look really cool in my case.Will be adding another 2 Gb of these shortly. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/24/08 |
Cons: none
Pros: leds look good, Fast Comment:
This Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-6400 ram is great.. I like the black heatspreader design and the leds add some extra sparkle. I like the slot lights although the activity lights are a bit random.This ram is highly overclockable, one of the best values price to overlock. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/10/08 |
Cons: -Bit warm
Pros: -Looks great-Runs even better-OC's like mad Comment:
Grabbed this paired with a Athlon 64 x2 6000+ and a asus Crosshair. Runs great and stable. Got this overclocked to PC2-1142 5-4-4-15-19 2t on 2.1 V. That is 3430 Mhz /6 or 571 Mhz*2 running perfectly stable. Absolutely beautiful results. Amazing RAM, would buy again (or the PC2-1066 stock kit). BTW, Mine are Micron 9's, and double LED stripped. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/09/08 |
Cons: NONE.
Pros: Amazing speed out of the box.Incredible overclocking ability.Look fantastic.Great price and warranty. Comment:
This RAM is beautiful to look at and an absolute pleasure to play with.I installed 4 of these into my ABit IP35 Pro and it fired up like butter. I'd heard rumblings that 4 X 1GB setups were sometimes unstable, but this is high-end RAM, so no worries. I think if you were running value RAM, or Infineon or ADATA or some other crud, you might have an issue, but these are Feraris.I've had these clocked near 1000 MHz without a single bump (knocks wood). I doubt I'll need to go higher, but it 'feels' like I could if I needed to, you tweakers out there will know what I mean.Later 'gators. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/30/08 |
Cons: I personally find "chasing leds" a lil gotty
Pros: Owned by Micron, if you don't know the significance of this, its not the mem for you. OC;s to 1066 no problem, EPP, SLI Ready, ridiculously inexpensive, nice blue underglow Comment:
Micron owns Crucial, and this has the best IC'S they get first pick then pass on the IC to other companies. If you don't know the significance of them being owned by Micron then this is definately not the mem for you, go buy some value mem. Awesome latencies, stock volts is a lil high, but fine. I have mine at 1066, NP 5-5-4-14, b2.275volts. I think the chasing usage led's are a lil over the top, but this mem deserves a 6/5, it is SLI Ready, has EPP, seriously what more do you want? You want some insane lookin HS that does very lil? no point this is the mem to get if you get anything else, then you just wasted your $$ |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/05/08 |
Cons: none so far. Maybe you could say that 2 gigs is a weakness.
Pros: the bling if you like that sort of thing. Comment:
Decent timings, pretty solid. Haven't overclocked as this was for a customer build. Seemed pretty stable though. Good price on the sale I got it at. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/23/07 |
Cons: *the lights can be a tad bright/distracting if you want to watch a move on your PC, although it is not that bad.
Pros: *Looks great in any open case, provides a nice lights show*Good overclocking potential Comment:
I am running 4x1 GB of this at DDR2-900 4-4-4-10, 2.15V, completetly stable. I think I could push this higher, but I would need to put more volts through my northbridge to get it stable. I am happy where the performance of my RAM is right now, I would have to signifcantly increase the frequency of these things to make up for the loosened timings I would need to get these stable. I would of course need more cooling to keep these guys safe as I imagine they could get quite hot.If you don't want the bling I would recomend something from Corsair or Mushkin with a RAM cooler. Nothing against these, but I don't want to lose my bling just for a small bit more OCing. These are excellent modules none-the-less. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/11/07 |
Cons: Cost when compared to similar ocz and mushkin offerings
Pros: BlinkyDecent TimingsHad a MIR - Still waiting for that though Comment:
I paired this with my xfx board and an E6600 and it runs great. Unfortunately I don't have a window in my case so it isnt seen right now. I do plan on either modding a window in or just getting a better case soon. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/04/07 |
Cons: None
Pros: Good overclockers, pretty blinking lights :P, price Comment:
Very solid kit, they feature D9 ICs so you can't go wrong. The price was low when I bought the kit and it is still dropping. Though DDR2 is dying out, these still pack a lot of punch. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/01/07 |
Cons: none
Pros: Fast, looks very good, d9 Comment:
This is a very good ram kit of which I heard Overclocks very well, they also have d9s which are renowned for this. The leds look really good |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/04/07 |
Cons: None at the moment
Pros: Very Good Looking, Sleek, Fast, High Overclockable Comment:
This RAM is awesome, I like the black heatspreader design and the leds add some extra sparkle to my case. I like the slot lights although the activity lights are a bit random.This ram is highly overclockable, one of the best values price to overlock. Currently running this at 960mhz with out trying, theres so much potential i dont even have the time to reach the limit on these yet!Thank you NCIX for your fast shipping!+Rebate makes this an even sweeter product! |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/02/07 |
Cons: None
Pros: Aesthetically Pleasing Comment:
The memory is awesome, can overclock to about 1066 if not more ( havent tried). Specs for voltage is set to 2.1V. Overall,very pleased with product. If you have a windowed case, gives lights on top of memory, as well as underlights to light up around the slots. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/21/07 |
Cons: One of the least known overclocking ram?
Pros: Micron D9 chips. Nuff said. Comment:
Even though the specs say 4-4-4-1 2.2V, most mobos will recognize the ram as 667mhz 4-5-5-15-20 1.8V. If you don't want to touch BIOS, do yourself a favour & get a cheap set of DDR2 RAM.If you frequent overclocking forums, you'd know Ballistix is as good as other ram that uses the same chips. Such as G.Skill HZ, Team Xteem, etc. At the sale price with rebate, Ballistix is a steal. Finally, the rebate is offered to Canada.Kick-arse is the word I use to describe Tracer. Looks great, feels quality & overclocks very well. Comes in anti-static bags secured in a bulk box, like Thermalright for their HSFs. Packaging means nothing to true overclockers. The rave reviews are spot on. I've tried all those listed overclocks. All of them work. i.e.4-4-3-8 ~440Mhz(x2=880) 2.1v5-5-5-15 1000Mhz+ 2.1vGoogle reviews & see for yourself. 1000Mhz ram for the price of cheap 800mhz sticks. My max is 1167Mhz 2.1V. My Tforce 550 SE mobo doesn't have options for 2.2-2.3v. This review was modfied by poster @ 10-22-07 07:15 AM |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/17/07 |
Cons: LED lights cause heat. Runs pretty Hot.
Pros: Great Performance. Comment:
Very good set of Ram. Actually listed as DDR2-1000 in the SPD at 2.2v with 5-5-5-24 timings. LED's are just for show but looks pretty cool. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/29/07 |
Cons: - Lights on top way too bright- lights on top ugly
Pros: - lights on bottom, very nice Comment:
For the price this is not worth it. Stick to the RAM that is better priced. I thought the lights would look cool in my comp, but was dissapointed in the overall look. Little red and green flashing lights on the top (ugly - looks like christmas), and a nice glowing effect on the bottom, somewhat like a glow from LED's underneath a car. As well the dual channel will not work with this RAM on my board(P5N-E SLI). |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/02/07 |
Cons: They get rather warm
Pros: Look quite badass Comment:
Very nice 2GB set for those of you into 'techno bling'. The lights are really bright and bring some added life to an otherwise boring case interior. Timings are great and they do overclock quite well. Running with a Q6600 with no issues. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/29/07 |
Cons: None Yet
Pros: Fast, bright, enough GBs, Memory Hawg is cool, dual channel Comment:
These have a total of 24 LEDs on them (each) and they are really bright! They make my computer a work of art! They won't work in my first memory slot, but I think that's the Mobo's problem. Mine came with a free Memory Hawg (a squishy pig) which is neat (I accidentally almost decapitated him ;)) It is very fast and I have no errors with it. I haven't specifically overclocked it, but I have bus speeds set as Linked with my CPU FSB which I have raised from 1066 to 1333 without a single hiccup. I would really recommend this especially if you like to add some flash to your PC!!! |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/01/07 |
Cons: -heat spreader clips were loose when they came-top LEDs can be annoying after a while if you have a windowed case
Pros: -looks awesome-tight timings 4-4-4-12 (for DDR 800)-blue LEDs at the bottom makes motherboard light up!-top activity LEDs Comment:
Overall excellent RAM very good timings for the price. Excellent performance, close to Dominator 6400s. I don't overclock so I can't tell you how it does, but with the LEDs they look excellent. Highly recommended This review was modfied by poster @ 07-01-07 09:46 PM |
This ram is fairly slow to today's standards, and only being 2GB it is also not really enough for anyone wanting any real power in their system, but for a generic system just starting out, or to add to an existing system which only has 2GB or less installed, I would not hesitate to recommend this memory.