Ballistix PC8500

[Exentler]

someone who knows when crucial start to send single side ballistix from the factory ?

[Leepox]

Just got a pair and i have to say i felt something was wrong from the ones i saw on youtube,... and something is wrong indeed. I got an .8FE5 part and it only has one row of the bling lights which is a disappointment because it doesnt look as cool as the one with two rows of leds.

Oh btw, to the guys who has these.. do the lights dance around in perfect accord with each other or is the other more active than the other... cuz mine is which is pretty weird. Added to that i had to make sure it was in dual channel set up.. everest says yes, bios says yes, manual says yes.. but why are they not dancing together????

And oh have i already said, im still pissed with the fact that theres only one rwo of lights on mine one

[brai]

someone who know if the problem is only with ballistix tracer or with all ballistix? (800 and 1066?) or the problem is only with Maximus formula?

cuz, i have eVGA 780i SLI and i want buy and i dont know which buy =/

.8FE5 or .16FD5

thank you

[Leepox]

the lights are much cooler on the 16, they say 8 is a newer revision.. dunno which ones better though

[Vixx]

Well, my Maximus is now a perfect 6/6, eating my last two sticks of PC8500.

It ran fine at 510 for a couple of weeks at default voltage, then I started seeing random BSODs, intermittent system restarts, and got countless MEMTEST errors. (Even when running at only 400) Even my cheapie ADATA and Transcend DDR2-800 work better and are more stable.

I hope that the 4 cheap sticks of Kingston HyperX PC8500 that I just ordered will last a bit longer than the 4 weeks that my last couple of sticks did.

I'm done with Ballistix.

[AuDioFreaK39]

Well, my Maximus is now a perfect 6/6, eating my last two sticks of PC8500.

It ran fine at 510 for a couple of weeks at default voltage, then I started seeing random BSODs, intermittent system restarts, and got countless MEMTEST errors. (Even when running at only 400) Even my cheapie ADATA and Transcend DDR2-800 work better and are more stable.

I hope that the 4 cheap sticks of Kingston HyperX PC8500 that I just ordered will last a bit longer than the 4 weeks that my last couple of sticks did.

I'm done with Ballistix.

It's possible to get a perfect 6/6? I thought the score only went up to 5.9

[brai]

someone who know if the problem is only with ballistix tracer or with all ballistix? (800 and 1066?) or the problem is only with Maximus formula?

cuz, i have eVGA 780i SLI and i want buy and i dont know which buy =/

.8FE5 or .16FD5

thank you

someone help me plx

[akajay]

just ordered a new set and they are single sided cant even do 4-4-4-12 @ 500mhz 1.8-2.2v, old double sided set could do 4-4-4-12 @ 500mhz 1.9v easily.

might call up crucial and see if they will take these pos single sided sticks back and replace them with doubles.

[Leepox]

this means its worse than one which has two rows of leds?

[inCore]

Yeah, that's what it means.

I fried a pair of Ballistix last week, shame they were 8500 16FD5 I didn't want to risk getting a single sided pair though so I went for some Mushkin PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 instead, 2 x 2 GB but they at least run at their rated speed...

[Buckster]

aaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh !!

just got as a RMA a single sided pair !! - they are appauling !

I was running 4x1gb at 1066 5-5-5-15 2.1V

these are shocking

885 CAS5 .... 2.15V ... memtest ran for 2 seconds ! - then PC started beeping continusouly

>1000 CAS5 -- up to 2.25V won't even boot !

the only way I could get memtest to run properly was to run them at 700 MHz 2.1V CAS5 ! CAS4 would boot but memtest would not even run !!

very angry call to Crucial on Monday as I could tell even without putting them in my machine that this were nothing build quality wise to my old ones ! I struggled to even fit them in the slots

[eva2000]

re-visiting my double sided and still got what it takes 652mhz 5-5-5-8 at 2.35v 32M and 682mhz 5-5-5-8 at 2.35v cpuz validation!

2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 Tracer @682Mhz 5-5-5-8 at 2.35v bios set!







Sub 10s Super Pi 1M @4606Mhz



Super Pi 32M @4564Mhz at 1.648v idle/1.632v load

2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 Tracer @652Mhz 5-5-5-8 at 2.35v bios set!



All above done at 2.35v bios set

[Buckster]

eva2000 - nice speeds

shows how poor the new stuff is !! how can they justify it as the same product !!

[zsamz_]

eva2000 - nice speeds

shows how poor the new stuff is !! how can they justify it as the same product !!

yup new stuff is crap
i can do 1260mhz with 2.1v

[natedog420]

just ordered a pair of ballistix 8500's from dell and got them in 2 days and there doubled sided. cost a lil over $100. not bad imo but could be better. i see rebates for these but didnt want to mess with them.

[Buckster]

wow SO angry

just got off the phone with Crucial

no dual sided RAM parts left ....

and there is nothing they can do. I told them that its not the same part (different heatsink, different ICs etc) - but they said it is the same product as its rated at the same speed - I'm not sure I agree with this. If I bought say a Mercedes and it could do 140mph .. I then had problems with it and they replaced it with a Skoda that had a top speed of 140mph ... excellent its the same product as it has one headline spec that is the same ...

They've said that as all 4 1gb modules don't form a kit - then there is nothing they can do.

VERY annoyed - asked to speak to a manager there later.

I'm left with 2 pairs of incompatible RAM - as Crucial have changed their part, that now works in my mobo at a maximum of 740 CAS5 - vs 1100 CAS5 that I had before.

I'll never buy another Crucial product again

Mark.

[zsamz_]

wow SO angry

just got off the phone with Crucial

no dual sided RAM parts left ....

and there is nothing they can do. I told them that its not the same part (different heatsink, different ICs etc) - but they said it is the same product as its rated at the same speed - I'm not sure I agree with this. If I bought say a Mercedes and it could do 140mph .. I then had problems with it and they replaced it with a Skoda that had a top speed of 140mph ... excellent its the same product as it has one headline spec that is the same ...

They've said that as all 4 1gb modules don't form a kit - then there is nothing they can do.

VERY annoyed - asked to speak to a manager there later.

I'm left with 2 pairs of incompatible RAM - as Crucial have changed their part, that now works in my mobo at a maximum of 740 CAS5 - vs 1100 CAS5 that I had before.

I'll never buy another Crucial product again

Mark.

does not make sense for anyone buying crucial anymore
once you rma you get the shaft now

[Buckster]

1260 with 2.1V ?

is that with the new single sided stuff ?

yup new stuff is crap
i can do 1260mhz with 2.1v

[eva2000]

1260 with 2.1V ?

is that with the new single sided stuff ?

old double sided... new single sided won't get anywhere near those speeds... although the new 2x2GB PSC IC binned at 575+ mhz 5-5-5-15 are close to hitting 600mhz 5-5-5-15 on some boards AFAIK..

[Buckster]

ah - thanks

I just feel disappointed and slightly screwed over - Crucial support to me has always been 10/10 - and the turn-around is great on RMAs - but this has really left a sour taste in my mouth

I've ordered some OCZ 8500 Reaper (2x2gb) now

[yankee]

Here's my best run so far...
@2.1v
One of the last double sided sets, bought in december last year.




http://picasaweb.google.com/d.hopero...22194728894130

[Buckster]

well just tested my single sided stuff on their own ....

1000 CAS5 - 2.25V would not post!! what a joke

new OCZ Reaper HTPC - 2x2gb arrived today though ... passed memtest at

1140 CAS5 - 2.05V nice

[stephen23]

well just tested my single sided stuff on their own ....

1000 CAS5 - 2.25V would not post!! what a joke

new OCZ Reaper HTPC - 2x2gb arrived today though ... passed memtest at

1140 CAS5 - 2.05V nice

I can tell ya single side is no where near the doubles.

[zsamz_]

I can tell ya single side is no where near the doubles.

yup lol
i got 4 sticks they the best i have had
i put 2 90mm fans to cool them n they never get even warm

[yankee]

My last result was kinda lame, and not very xtreme.

This one is much better:



I think that's about all of the fsb this board can handle.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=354511