Testseek.com have collected 15 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron PC2-8500 1066MHz Ballistix DDR2 2GB kit BL2KIT12864AA1065 and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron PC2-8500 1066MHz Ballistix DDR2 2GB kit BL2KIT12864AA1065.
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This memory is as I expected, a pretty good looking memory chip and a pretty good overclocker. Looking at the results there is a speed difference the stock speed of 533 and the overlocked speed 560 (5% overall speed increase). During testing my this m...
As its important to compare new technology with what is already available to you out there, so if youre looking for memory sticks of the DDR3 variety, maybe its an idea to remind yourself of what DDR2 currently has to offer. Costing a third of that ...
The Crucial Ballistix PC8500 kit is a well performing, highly overclockable pair of modules. It comes with some sexy looking heatspreaders too which is always a bonus for those that like a good looking case. However, the kit doesnt overclock that muc...
Performance proved to be the all out top dog of the 8500s, Design sexy black PCB, quality gold heatspreaders with silver trim certainly look the part when installed, Crucial name stamping means excellent build quality
Price this module kit may put a dent in your wallet!!!
As you can see from our test results, the Crucial Ballistix memory kit performs outstandingly and does it well, while barely breaking a sweat. Although they performed well you just cant ignore the associated pricetag that comes with this memory kit. W...
Abstract: Memory manufacturers might not want you to know but the upgrade market for fast DDR memory is as dead as a dead thing. According to the legendary Steampowered survey AMD processors around the 2GHz mark are still very popular so the odds are we're talking ...
Abstract: When computer enthusiasts build or upgrade a system, RAM purchases are often relegated to the cheapest parts available, saving money at the expense of performance. Benchmark Reviews has tested the 2GB set of Crucial PC2-8500 CL5 Ballistix BL12864AA1065 D...
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Published: 2007-06-08, Author: Jon , review by: planetx64.com
Abstract: Crucial have produced some seriously fast memory with the Ballistix PC2-8500, which should be able to run even heavily over-clocked systems at a 1:1 memory ratio. Even if your processor cant handle the front side bus speeds that are required to run t...
Effective Heatspreader Design, Black PCB, Lifetime Warranty, Excellent Overclocking
Average "stock" 55515 timings
DDR2-1067MHz RAM may instinctively sound like it will offer higher performance than DDR2-800MHz RAM but as with everything there are exceptions to the rule. Going by the benchmark results one cant go wrong with higher speed memory, however even today...
Stable performance, Good price, Well packed, Nice looking, Overclocks well
Stock speed performance
This is a good memory kit and I have tried to find out something that it stands out of the crowd for and that is the price, for 179$USD you get a really nice performing memory kit that also overclockes well. Even during heavy overclocking the ram does ...
The Crucial PC2-8500 follows on the heels of an already good product, the PC2-8000 series, as the fastest offered DDR2 memory module from Crucial Technology. We were very curious to see in our tests how the new memory would perform, especially compar...
