Bad Ballistix 8500

smilertoo · 9 Aug 2008 at 00:21

Does anyone know if all Ballistix 8500 are prone to failure? I just RMA'd a pair a few weeks ago and now im getting BSOD's and lots of errors were flagged on MemTest. So far I've had to RMA all 4 sticks that I bought; I have a feeling the Asus P5N32E-SLI mobo was damaging them so I just bought a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P motherboard.
Does anyone think crucial would consider changing the ram sticks for 6400 ram instead, as I would prefer stability to speed.

Nick1881 · 9 Aug 2008 at 00:27

All Crucial is prone to failure, good job they have a vey good RMA service lol

RaiderX · 9 Aug 2008 at 01:46

the ballistix doesnt like its stock voltage too much so is prone to dieing a lot, try to run it as low voltage as possible, i run my 4 x 1GB sticks at 2.05v which is stable

Elric · 9 Aug 2008 at 04:09

I've had 16 GB's worth of that Ballistix Tracer Red stuff go south on me. :eek:

smilertoo · 9 Aug 2008 at 05:17

Anyone recommend good ram? even 800mhz.

Nick1881 · 9 Aug 2008 at 09:25

I have found G.Skill very reliable.

Elric · 9 Aug 2008 at 10:47

Try these.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-OC

They work, where others fail. {cough}Crucial{cough}

Rroff · 9 Aug 2008 at 17:35

I find it incredible that people still buy Ballistix.

Get some G.Skill or OCZ or for that matter just buy some corsair value RAM and be done with it - you won't notice the performance difference.

netby · 9 Aug 2008 at 19:46

smilertoo said:
Anyone recommend good ram? even 800mhz.

reliable ddr2 pc2 8500 ram:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...00C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/2G)

C64 · 11 Aug 2008 at 04:10

Well gskill ocz geil kingston ram fail all the time and probably have as many if not more failures than crucial but strangely don't get a bad rep which I find puzzling.

Rroff · 11 Aug 2008 at 14:33

Geil has almost as bad failure rates as crucial - I don't personally reccomend them but quite a lot of other people do - probably because they are cheap.

Partly why OCZ and G.Skills don't have as bad rep as crucial is because when/if it does die the replacements tend to work for years - unlike ballistix where the replacements are often as short lived as the original set.

Kingston have kinda re-entered the market after being somewhat more dormant than the others.

I've never had a set of OCZ die on me - some have turned up with one faulty module (which isn't completely uncommon) but after a quick RMA the working set usually last for years.

G.Skills had a rough patch a couple of years back but seem to be better of late - having swapped away from micron to powerchip for a lot of lines.

jongeeone · 11 Aug 2008 at 22:25

Have had 4Gb of Geil die on me now.... Not good!

So decided to be done with them and purchase some OCZ PC8500 Sli Edition when i seen the price on them, no idea if they will work with a 6300/DS3