Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-5300 Review

By Legit Staff

Test Setup

For testing the following system was used:

  • ASUS P5WD2 Premium motherboard
  • Intel Pentium D 840 EE Dual Core Processor
  • Sapphire ATI X850 XT video card
  • Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA HDD
  • OCZ Powerstream 520W PSU
  • Antec TX640B case

    memory for testing

    Memory Timings:

  • Crucial Ballistix PC2 5300 @ 4-4-4-10
  • Corsair PC2 5400UL @ 3-2-2-8
  • Kingston Hyper X PC2 5400 @ 4-4-4-12
  • Wintech AMP-X PC2 5400 @ 4-4-4-10

All testing was run under the exact same testing conditions, and all memory tested at its rated speeds and voltages.

Tests include:

  • Sisoft Sandra Memory Bandwidth Tests
  • Everest 2.0 Home Edition Read, Write, and Latency Tests
  • Sciencemark 2.0 Memory Test
  • Super Pi mod V1.4

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