Crucial

mangobreeder · 20 Nov 2008 at 18:51

Yeah yeah i know crucial sticks are nortoriously bad,

but are the mroe recent modules any better?

trackrat · 20 Nov 2008 at 19:03

How can you say they are notoriously bad, in 8 years of building computers and using Crucial memory I have never had a problem, but I do not overclock.

simonnance · 20 Nov 2008 at 19:21

a lot of people have had probs with their recent D9 based ram.... i've had 2 sets die on me!

Just got one back from return (not bad turnaround, only got sent off monday), interesting to see how long these last.

mangobreeder · 21 Nov 2008 at 10:08

trackrat said:
How can you say they are notoriously bad, in 8 years of building computers and using Crucial memory I have never had a problem, but I do not overclock.

i can say they are nortoriously bad, as ive had to return 4 sticks this year, and many many others ahve had trouble too.

Yamahahahahaha · 21 Nov 2008 at 12:58

Ballistix sticks tend to die a lot, from my own experience and from all the posts on here unfortunately.

Their consumer-grade desktop stuff is reliable as hell though.

Nick1881 · 21 Nov 2008 at 13:28

Why risk it? Just buy G.Skill

mangobreeder · 21 Nov 2008 at 20:02

i like the flashy lights

postmanfw · 21 Nov 2008 at 20:09

mangobreeder said:
i like the flashy lights

Me too

Nitrojan · 21 Nov 2008 at 20:12

I've just sent 2 sticks of ballistix off yesterday lol typical!

How long does the Crucial warranty process take roughly? Just wondering when I will get my flashy lights back

Trunks9486 · 21 Nov 2008 at 20:18

The service is excellent, i had to return a set i bought last year.

other than that they are pretty good...

Indy500 · 21 Nov 2008 at 20:18

I've only had one stick of Ballistix fail out of 4 that I've ever used (a DDR and DDR2 kit). Then again, most of the Crucial RAM I've used or installed for people has been the standard consumer type.

mangobreeder · 22 Nov 2008 at 16:21

Nitrojan said:
I've just sent 2 sticks of ballistix off yesterday lol typical!

How long does the Crucial warranty process take roughly? Just wondering when I will get my flashy lights back

did a RMa this week,
Posted it to them wednesday
They received it thursday and shipped it friday
i recieved in today (saturday)

excellent if u ask me

smilertoo · 23 Nov 2008 at 20:42

I'm about to send back 4 sticks of ballistix 1066 ram...3rd time. Im going to spread them out onto 2 pc's from now on...i just dont trust it to work 4 sticks at a time,seems to kill it.

HEADRAT · 24 Nov 2008 at 10:38

I'm just about to return 4 sticks of Ballistix 1066 as well, RMA going back today.

Azibs · 24 Nov 2008 at 20:35

4 X 1GB Ballistix Tracers still going strong here. At stock speeds though currently, and only using 1.8v bios, and using an 80mm fan to cool them!

Nitrojan · 25 Nov 2008 at 17:22

Haha bad batch?

Btw.. if you bought the sticks somewhere around 8 months ago - they do not supply them any more and will send you the updated version (basically the same but runs at 2v instead of 2.2v)

Johnboyjoe · 25 Nov 2008 at 20:45

i bought set of sticks about a year ago and never have i ever came across a pair of sticks that OC like these, i'm sure they must be 1066 sticks and not 800 cos these little buggers easily clock to 1100+ and are stable fs i can even hit 1275 with 5-5-5-15 timings. real shame that their more recent single sided sticks have been so bad.

Nitrojan · 26 Nov 2008 at 16:36

Just got mine back today

They got them yesterday! Good service if you ask me.

simonnance · 27 Nov 2008 at 22:49

argh! my replacement sticks are pants!

Cant even hit 1066 5-5-5-15 on 2.2V! Thats with 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 stock.

My Anivs (sadly deceased) could hit 1200Mhz+ 5-5-5-15 on 2.2V :mad:

mangobreeder · 30 Nov 2008 at 09:46

mangobreeder said:
did a RMa this week,
Posted it to them wednesday
They received it thursday and shipped it friday
i recieved in today (saturday)

excellent if u ask me

ARGH those sticks i RMA just died one week later

could it be my mobo? IP35pro