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Written by Rodney Reynolds   
Monday, 24 September 2007
Article Index
#873 - Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory
Page 2: Packaging
Page 3: Specs
Page 4: Closer Look
Page 5: Results
Page 6: Conclusion
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Conclusion:
The Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory offers excellent performance and it overclocks even higher than it's 1600MHz default memory speed. DDR3 is the new memory standard and if you are upgrading it's an option over the older DDR2. Of course selecting DDR3 memory means you will require a motherboard that accepts it. The big advantage DDR3 has over DDR2 is it's much higher speed, but it doesn't have fast latencies like DDR2 and it's still very expensive.

So while much higher speeds are possible, performance in most applications will be about the same as DDR2 memory. From my experience DDR2 at 1200MHz is about the same as DDR3 memory at 1800MHz. That being said, should you upgrade your motherboard and memory to this new DDR3 memory standard? Well, if you are doing a complete upgrade I would recommend it, but otherwise stick with DDR2 memory.

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Final Remarks
Pros Cons  
  • Compatible, reliable and stable
  • The heatspreader looks great
  • Excellent warranty and service
  • Overclocks nicely
  • Memory timings are a little high compared to DDR2
  • Very expensive


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