Ballistix the best 2x1GB to buy at the moment?

[Tibu]

BTW, if I were to buy the Ballistix ram on Newegg or some other etailer, Will that affect somehow the lifetime warranty or perhaps the RMA process if the shiat hits the fan?

[Nettwerk]

BTW, if I were to buy the Ballistix ram on Newegg or some other etailer, Will that affect somehow the lifetime warranty or perhaps the RMA process if the shiat hits the fan?

Dont matter where you bought it from, crucial will accept rma if it is crucial ram. They wont crossship unless you purchased from them though.

[Tibu]

Cross-ship? They actually send the replacement sticks before they get the dead sticks? Hmmm... Ok screw that Ima buy direct then when they get another sale going

[ozzimark]

i think they charge your credit card or something similar until they get the sticks you're mailing back to them though

[Nettwerk]

Yea, they will have your credit card on file so they will send you a new pair and then you send the dead pair back after you get the new ones. If you dont send then they charge

[The Mad Duke]

I bought 2 GB Ballistix PC-4000 from the Egg in early September. I could get 280 Mhz stable at 3-4-4-10, but they always wanted a lot of voltage - I needed 2.8 volts even at 250 Mhz. They also ran very hot. About 2 weeks ago they started to die - I got random crashes, corrupted my hard drive, could not get them stable again. I tried 2 different motherboards (1 DFI and 1 Epox), tried 1 stick at a time, tried downclocking all the way to 100 Mhz. In all cases the system would boot then crash after a few minutes. Just got an RMA from NewEgg - their online RMA is very nice - and will ship them back tomorrow. I've scanned a lot of forums, and it looks like there may have been a bad batch about 3-4 months back. Hooray for Lifetime warranties !

[4Qman]

Im trying to get a qucik answer on the 2x1Gb crucial balistic ram.

Im set on getting these as i want 300Mhz (or as near to it)

Are these the same as Chips (BL2KIT12864Z503)
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/part...L2KIT12864Z503

BL2KIT12864L503
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/part...L2KIT12864L503

Basically they have the same code but (Z503 or L503)
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/list...asp?family=DDR

I dont want to order the incorrect chips so once this is confirrmed ill oder. Thanks

[The Mad Duke]

YES, both Tracer and regular PC-4000 Ballistix use selected Micron PC-3200 chips - Tracer usually costs more since they have LED's. It would not matter to me as I have no window in my case, but for the same price, by all means go for it!

[4Qman]

Thanks mate,

Ill probably get the Black version altho im not fussed. Cheers again

[GazC]

I'm liking Ballistix at the moment This ram may well go higher, but I think my Opterpwn is near its max on water, I'd need to drop a multi to push it higher:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4520871

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=225429