Thread: Crucial Ballistix DDR2 Memory - A Closer Look

Now we will take a closer look at actual memory. The heat spreaders are typical yellow color. Inside heat spreaders are crucial memory sticks. These are actually well known and very popular. Crucial has been around a long time, but haven't until just got into high performance memory market. The company has used its knowledge and experience in memory to make these Crucial Ballistix memories.



Thus what is Crucial Ballistix memory and how it is different from regular memory? To begin they have yellow heat spreaders on them and also work at advanced frequencies and at tighter timings, both things that help performance. Here is what Crucial thinks about Ballistix memory:

The Ballistix line is particularly build for performance enthusiasts who want to push performance cover without disturbing about data loss or corruption, mysterious intermittent errors and show problems. The Ballistix row of high performance memory sections features advanced speed grades, low latencies, and included aluminum heat spreaders.



This is performance RAM for overclocking for gaming and not actually for your Dell PC. You will end up paying a few more for extra performance, but you must notice few benefits in PC.