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When the motherboard is left to set up memory on its own, it will go for the best JEDEC speed that is supported by the CPU and any other memory in the system. The more realistic 1080p settings show another outright draw, as long as you remember to enable XMP. We do see a consistent lead when overclocked on the part of the Ballistix – being able to disable geardown mode is clearly doing a lot for performance. You could try to reset your bios to default values then load XMP Profile 2, also make sure you DON'T manually select the Frequency of you ram, let xmp take care of that. Overall the packaging is minimal, and the motherboard manual should cover installation instructions.It’s always a good idea to look at the QVL and check with your motherboard manufacturer to make sure 3600 MHz DDR4 is supported.

This is one area in which Samsung has a clear advantage because B-Die memory modules are able to run at substantially lower timings all around. I kinda knew going into Ryzen that memory would be a kerfuffle, but not to this extent; and it doesn't help that a lot of the info seems out-of-date or inconsistent for Zen 3. Crucial created the Ballistix Elite to work flawlessly with both AMD Ryzen 3000 series and Intel Platforms, The memory uses XMP 2. I see nothing but good things about the RAM sticks themselves, so I can't imagine the variance being that abysmal for my set? The profile is low enough that it should clear most aftermarket air coolers, yet it gives the memory a unique look and also provides extra cooling capacity.In practice we’re not aware of this model using anything other than Micron’s 8Gbit revision E (“E-die”). For our COLORFUL CVN Guardian review, we saw solid black lines from rolling shutter intersecting with PWM flicker at 1/3000th of a second shutter speed. It’s a trifold design and thick cardboard hinged construction creates the feeling of opening a present. The new products include Predator DDR4 RGB and Fury DDR4 RGB kits up to 256GB and speeds up to 4600 MHz. As with the AIDA64 memory test results, interpreting the SISandra memory results are favoring different profiles depending on the test.

Crucial’s new Ballistix Elite DDR4 is geared as a high-performance memory product, which would be a nice upgrade for any PC. Peeking under the heatspreader, we can see the memory chips arranged in two tight clusters of four chips each. While it might not be the most elaborate packaging we have seen, it does strike a nice balance between form and function. At the top of each memory module is digitally addressable RGB-LED lighting with 16 LEDs in eight zones, which can be controlled via ASUS Aura Sync, MSI Mystic Light Sync and Gigabyte RGB Fusion. If and when the XMP profile has been established to be stable, then we evaluate the memory from an overclocking perspective.

This means that they are a 32 GB DDR4 kit which is composed of 16 GB per stick with an operating frequency of 3600 MHz while having a CL16 latency (16-18-18-38) at 1. Use of these and any missed payments may affect your ability to obtain credit from Klarna and other lenders. The specific kit we are looking at today is the Crucial Ballistix 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Desktop Gaming Memory (Black) BL2K8G36C16U4B kit. Second, we set tRRD_S 4, tRRD_L 6 and tFAW 20 – if needed we could loosen these, but it hasn’t been needed yet.

From a top side view, they look very industrial and mechanical like, with the ‘Ballistix’ branding smack in the middle. Again, the relative performance differs by a fraction of a percent, but for half of the tests, Crucial Ballistix Elite wins. After that, we tried to OC’d them but unfortunately we ran into limits since our B450 motherboard with a 2nd gen Ryzen CPU can officially work up to (32 GB) 3600 MHz which is exactly what these samples can do out of the box. We believe this proved to be the best overall performance because the UCLK and FLCK frequency are both using the 1:1 ratio and maxed out at 1800 MHz.Note: in case someone asks, I haven't done but am willing to attempt a manual memory overclock, but I am running Linux so the typical Thaiphoon/DRAM Calc is out of the question (not even for a temporary Windows install). Below is the test system and resulting memory speeds that will be used to evaluate the memory and run the benchmarks. However, since Micron now make high performance ICs, Crucial seem to be sticking with the parent company. Other modules we’ve tried support a full range of effects, but any setting in ASRock Polychrome that would require addressing an individual LED on these modules simply doesn’t apply.