Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3 1600 1.5v Desktop Memory: $44.99 AC FS

[Pardus]

$49.99 - promo code PAXMEM4 , Exp. 9/6= $44.99 shipped.

 

[wirednuts]

so tempting.. something tells me ram prices will spike again and thats exactly when ill want to build some new machines.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Seriously high latency ram.

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

10-10-10-28 =bleh

 

[VirtualLarry]

10-10-10-28 =bleh

Yeah. This looks like 1.65v DDR3-1600 stuff, that in order to match SB specs, they lowered the voltage back to 1.5, and bumped up the timings.

 

[Pardus]

I always thought 9-9-9-24 1333mhz and 1600mhz 10-10-10-28 are the same and that the difference is sub timings performance is probably barely detectable let alone in real world performance.

Overclockersonline.net tested the Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3-1600 BL2KIT51264BA160A and came to this conclustion, "Crucial was looking to expand their Ballistix line to appeal beyond just the enthusiast crowd and with the Sport series I think they can claim success. The Ballistix Sport kit I had, the BL2KIT51264BA160A, offered installation that required little to no tweaking to get optimum performance while still giving you some room for tweaking and overclocking. he Ballistix Sport series might not offer the extreme heatspreaders or speeds that we have grown accustomed to with the Ballistix line but that is just fine. Ease of installation and a broader appeal are the name of the game here and Crucial has a winner."

 

[EarthwormJim]

I always thought 9-9-9-24 1333mhz and 1600mhz 10-10-10-28 are the same and that the difference is sub timings performance is probably barely detectable let alone in real world performance.

Overclockersonline.net tested the Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3-1600 BL2KIT51264BA160A and came to this conclustion, "Crucial was looking to expand their Ballistix line to appeal beyond just the enthusiast crowd and with the Sport series I think they can claim success. The Ballistix Sport kit I had, the BL2KIT51264BA160A, offered installation that required little to no tweaking to get optimum performance while still giving you some room for tweaking and overclocking. he Ballistix Sport series might not offer the extreme heatspreaders or speeds that we have grown accustomed to with the Ballistix line but that is just fine. Ease of installation and a broader appeal are the name of the game here and Crucial has a winner."

Latencies are in clock cycles, not actual time. So your 1333mhz ram with a CAS of 9 vs 1600mhz ram with a CAS of 10, actually has a higher time latency than the higher frequency memory (6.75ns vs 6.25ns, just looking at CAS). Plus the faster memory has more bandwidth.

Memory timings do matter, but you can't just look at the timings with no regard to the frequency of the ram. However, a CAS latency of 10 is quite a bit slower than other deals from last month for the same price (1600mhz, CAS 8 and 1.5v).