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(Review by John Cook, May 19, 2005)
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Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300
Crucial is a name that almost instantly comes to mind when one thinks of high quality memory. The introduction of the Ballistix series by Crucial was able to tap into the overclocking market sector with great success. Latencies of 4 4:4:10 are used and the modules are rated for 667MHz operation. These timings seem to be a trend among most of the PC5400/5300 modules except for the PDP. Gold spreaders atop a black PCB create a nice look.
Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-5300
Similar to the above PC2-5300 with the addition of activity LED lights, the promise of Bling is added to the promise of Bang in the PC5300 rating of the modules. The timing tables remain unaltered from the regular Ballistix PC5300 so one would assume similar traits and performance. Assumptions though are prone to making the person with the assumption seem obtuse. What we notice on closer inspection is that the vanilla or non-Tracer Ballistix is double sided and the Tracer is single sided memory. A switch in chips is probable, therefore, any assumption on similar performance and overclockability is instantly suspect. The Tracer modules have a very nice look, which really are set off by the lights when the modules are active. Something to consider for the user wanting maximum lighting effect in their case, although at a price premium over the standard Ballistix modules.
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