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Crucial 3200 1GB Kit
Date: 2003-07-03 | Author: Scott Sherman
and Björn Endre
Company: Crucial
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Introduction
Memory, you can never have enough of memory. The days when 640KB was enough is long gone and even though 512MB is sufficient for most people, more and more hardcore users are getting even more.
Since our ad company is running ads for Crucial, we decided to contact Crucial to see if they would send us a test kit. If we’re advertising it, we might as well check it out to see if it is up to Bjorn3d standards, right? Luckily, Crucial was happy to send us a test kit, and a few days later we got a 1GB PC3200 kit (2x512MB DIMMS).
FeaturesIn contrast to other memory makers like Corsair, Crucial is more aimed at the mainstream market, and this memory didn’t ship with any type of heatsink.
These are the features of the Crucial memory. We’ve compared it to similar memory from Corsair.
| CT6464Z40B: Crucial 512MB PC3200 | CMX5123200C2: Corsair 512MB PC3200 | |
| Price | $89.99 x 2 = $179.98 (Direct) |
$108.00 x 2=$216.00 (PriceGrabber) |
| Module Size | 512MB |
512MB |
| Package | 184-pin DIMM |
184-pin DIMM |
| Feature | DDR PC3200 |
DDR PC3200 |
| Configuration | 64Meg x 64 |
64Meg x 64 |
| DIMM Type | Unbuffered |
Unbuffered |
| Error Checking | Non-parity |
Non-parity |
| Speed | 5ns |
6ns |
| Voltage | 2.5V |
2.5V |
| SDRAM Timing | CL=3 |
CL=2 |
While the Crucial costs a bit less and uses a bit faster memory, it still has a higher CAS timing compared to the Corsair memory. As stated earlier, Crucial doesn't really target the enthusiast market like Corsair's XMS or Kingston's HyperX modules, which is probably part of the reason why the CAS level is higher in the Crucial RAM. Continue to the next page to see if this CAS level difference affects the performance much.
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