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The finned version of the Crucial Ballistix Elite memory was announced on June 21st 2011. They were built on a black PCB featuring the trademark Ballistix finned heat spreader and a thermal sensor for real-time temperature monitoring.
These features are aimed at overclockers and enthusiasts alike, as it allows them to monitor in real time the health of their memory modules. This can help users to avoid the dangers of excessive heat when pushing the modules well beyond the designed operating specifications. In conjunction with the real-time temperature monitoring, Crucial also radically redesigned the Ballistix heat spreader for improved thermal performance. Across the top of the module are 32 "fins" designed to increase surface temperature. Crucial claims that the new design cools the memory modules by up to 30% more than the previous Ballistix heat spreader design. The finned version of the Crucial Ballistix Elite memory is now available in several kits ranging from 2GB to 16GB in capacity, with single modules coming as large as 8GB. There are actually no official quad-channel kits yet but as Crucial claim they are on the way we have accepted a pair of dual-channel kits. Therefore today we will be checking out a pair of the 8GB dual-channel 1866MHz kits for a total capacity of 16GB across four channels. The Crucial Ballistix Elite PC3-14900 kits are designed to use CL9-9-9-27 timings at 1866MHz with just 1.5v. At just $88 per 8GB kit ($176 for quad-channel configuration) this Crucial memory seems like a steal, it will be interesting to see how they perform. |
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Posted on: 02/08/2012 08:30 PM
wow I am actually quite surprised by the results. If you were going to buy the 3820 instead of the 2700K for example you might as well just start with an 8GB kit. |
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Posted on: 02/13/2012 09:30 PM
What I want to know is when will the Core i7-3820 go on sale? I really want one and this info is useful for that purchase  |