After recent takeover of Elpida, Micron’s memory manufacturing division has finally shown a positive profit for the first time since 2011. Now that one of the giants is feeling healthy again, one should expect to see Micron memory ICs to spread even deeper in the lineups of various memory manufacturers. As a company owned by Micron, Crucial should be now exception. When we made a series of Crucial reviews last summer, we saw that there actually were very few different bins and the difference between the models came down to heatspreaders, naming and features. So, will it be any different this year?
|
Manufacturer |
Crucial |
|
Series |
Ballistix Sport XT |
| Part
Number |
BLS2C8G3D18ADS3CEU |
|
Type |
DDR3 |
|
Capacity |
16 GB (2 x
8GB) |
|
Frequency |
1'866 MHz |
| Timings |
10-10-10-30 |
| VDIMM |
1.5 Volt |
| Registred/Unbuffered |
Unbuffered |
| ECC |
No |
|
Cooling |
Passive Heatspreader |
| Waranty |
Lifetime warranty |
| Package
Type |
Plastic Blister |
CL10 rating at DDR3-1866 is not an impressive feature by any standard, but at least it
is something new to see from Crucial. However, since there is currently no CL9
model with same rated frequency in the lineup, this might suggest that getting
CL9 to fit with the older models was more than what Crucial could achieve and
hence we shouldn’t expect much from the Ballistix Sport.
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Review: Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP 2x8GB DDR3-1600MHz CL9 1.35v 