Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB DDR3 Memory Kit Review

Closer Look

Let’s take a look the modules then.

The modules look really pretty in the sealed packaging. A note of the specs of the memory is made on the front cover. The back cover details all the available colors. One thing I didn’t like about the packaging is that you have to cut the packaging with scissors to remove the modules. This means that the packaging is not reusable. I would have liked these modules shipped like the last Crucial memory I reviewed here with reusable packaging. A minor quirk, nothing earth shattering.

Moving on the modules themselves, the shiny glow of red provides a serene experience, at least to me. The user is reminded of the bling factor even when the kit is off, by the light shining off the chrome outline and the different highlights of red on the heatspreaders.

A simple affair and Crucial Ballistix Tracers do not go together. The extruded Ballistix tracer logo on the heatspreaders looks nice. A red PCB rounds up the perfect combination of colors. This is a feature that is carried over to the other colors as well. Black modules come with a black PCB, and so do the other colors. Both the sides of the modules are same except for a sticker on one side confirming the timings on these modules and indicating that they are lead free.

Here’s the light show the sticks put out when in operation.

Let’s take a look at what kind of performance these modules can put out.