Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8500 2x1GB @ EclipseOC
When it comes to buying high performance memory there are two things to keep in mind.
a) you can "assume" that if the company mfgs memory chips and then sells modules they will be using their own chips on the modules.
b) you cannot "assume" that they will actually horde the best stuff for themselves when other companies are willing to pay big dollars for "the good stuff"
so why does this quote not surprise me?
"As I have mentioned a few times in the past, Crucial is a part of Micron. As such, it is a sure thing that Ballistix sticks will come with Micron chips, just as they have since a few weeks after their introduction back in the DDR1 days. Upon asking which chips these DDR2-1066 kits use, I was told that it was not possible to know. I did some investigation on with this kit and found that underneath the heatspreaders lay D9GMH chips with a -18F marking. Crucial has rebinned the 333MHz, cas5 chips up to 533MHz with the same timings."
Well its because EVERYONE in the industry does this to a certain degree, an while faster chips exist the majority of 1066Mhz modules are CAS5 and have been “overclocked” from the factory. Why do you suppose it requires 2.3v+ to keep them running?
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