Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3-1600 BL2KIT51264BA160A
Jul 11th, 2011 | By JaredThe Ballistix Sport line carries the same product naming convention as the rest of the Ballistix line. BL2KIT51264BA160A is certainly a mouthful but the bottom line is this is a 2 stick 8GB kit of memory rated at DDR3 1600.
Here’s what they have to say about their own kit:
Performance memory for everyone
Serious gamers are serious about our award-winning Ballistix and Ballistix Tracer products. At Crucial, we engineer these products to deliver the fastest, most reliable memory for gaming and performance enthusiasts.
But why should the most hardcore gamers have all of the fun?
If you‘re new to performance memory and like what Ballistix has to offer, the Crucial Ballistix Sport Series is a great place to start. This line was created for mainstream users and general enthusiasts. They feature heat spreaders for thermal performance — along with standard timings and voltages, making this reliable, quality module ideal for maximum stability and compatibility.
Easy installation
Unlike traditional Ballistix products, those industry -standard specifications require no special or tricky BIOS configuration. That means this product installs easily, so you can get up and running quickly. And, it’s priced affordably—so you can have your fun and stay on budget.
The Ballistix Sport Series memory is available in both DDR2 and DDR3 in the most common and popular speeds and densities, you’ll be sure to find a product that suits your needs And because it supports today’s latest AMD and Intel platforms (including SandyBridge), Ballistix Sports Series memory works upon installation.
Guaranteed Compatible
Crucial Ballistix Sports Series memory is backed by our outstanding service and support, enjoys a limited lifetime warranty, and is guaranteed compatible.
Next I grabbed the features from Crucial’s Ballistix home page .
- Features:
- 240-pin, unbuffered dual in-line memory module(UDIMM)
- Physical dimensions are compliant to JEDEC MO-269B
- Fast data transfer rates: PC3-12800, or PC3-10600
- 1GB (128 Meg x 64), 2GB (256 Meg x 64), and 4GB (512Meg x 64)
- Exclusively designed for high-performance systems
- VDD = VDDQ = +1.5V ±0.075V
- VDDSPD = +3.0V to +3.6V
- Reset pin for improved system stability
- Nominal and dynamic on-die termination (ODT) for data, strobe, and mask signals
- 8 internal device banks for concurrent operation
- Fixed burst length of 8 (BL8) and burst chop of 4 (BC4) via the mode register
- Adjustable data-output drive strength
- Serial Presence-Detect (SPD) EEPROM
- Gold edge contacts
- Aluminum heat spreader
- XMP JEDEC Profiles Programmed to SPD on 160A timing parameters
- RoHS compliant
- Fly-by topology
- Terminated command, address, and control bus
- 1.18” (30.00mm) PCB Height
- TAA compliant parts available upon request