Crucial Launches the Pro Series Memory

R-T-B · May 17, 2023

eidairaman1 said:
Their Ballistix "Gaming" are very good and to boot had no rgb vomit. Oh well, just a name change.

Too bad their DDR5 is so bad timings wise, their DDR4 lineup was much better. They are bottom barrel in DDR5 land. The last die you want to get saddled with...

eidairaman1 said:
I wouldnt be surprised if they release some High End stuff on DDR5 as the market migrates from DDR4

I do hope so. I like Crucial as far as having fond memories of them, but right now their chip lineup isn't very competitive OCing wise.

MachineLearning · May 17, 2023

R-T-B said:
Too bad their DDR5 is so bad timings wise, their DDR4 lineup was much better. They are bottom barrel in DDR5 land. The last die you want to get saddled with...

I do hope so. I like Crucial as far as having fond memories of them, but right now their chip lineup isn't very competitive OCing wise.

They are at least beginning to improve, with 24Gbit ICs:

Micron is back!? – Corsair Vengeance 2x 24 GB DDR5-7000 and 5600 Kits Test with Overclocking and Teardown | Page 4 | igor´sLAB

Tests of working memory kits are actually relatively predictable if you already know beforehand which memory components are installed and how they are known to behave. It is all the more interesting…

www.igorslab.de

Needs much improvement to reach SK Hynix but at least no longer complete trash.

JustJohnny · May 17, 2023

Crucial memory after SDRAM were a dumpster fire of quality and synonymous with Mushkin quality. Close down the brand was the proper decision.

R-T-B · May 17, 2023

JustJohnny said:
Crucial memory after SDRAM were a dumpster fire of quality and synonymous with Mushkin quality. Close down the brand was the proper decision.

That's a new take I've never heard before, I'll give you that.

XDDDant · May 17, 2023

If this product line focuses on affordability and no-frills low profile DIMMs I think it's another decent option
They just need to get the chips more competitive

mechtech · May 17, 2023

Black heat spreaders are nice. What else does PRO version add?? 10 layer pcb? Gotta sell it somehow.

HairyLobsters · May 17, 2023

What exactly are JEDEC timings?

Veseleil · May 17, 2023

So now Micron-E 19nm DDR4 magic under Ballistix brand is a thing to remember, and that was it, eh Crucial? It was too good for the money I guess, instead, sell the rgb gaming labeled garbage to the clueless and call it a day. At least they had the self respect to not do that under the Ballistix name though.

JustJohnny · May 17, 2023

R-T-B said:
That's a new take I've never heard before, I'll give you that.

I'll give you that. Comparison to Mushkin was exaggerated, albeit not by much. Let's just say their DDR Ballistics did not live up to their SDR days, where I happily paid a slight premium for bulletproof compatibility.

R-T-B · May 17, 2023

HairyLobsters said:
What exactly are JEDEC timings?

Pretty much the worst timings possible. The bare minimum.

unwind-protect · May 17, 2023

JustJohnny said:
Crucial memory after SDRAM were a dumpster fire of quality and synonymous with Mushkin quality. Close down the brand was the proper decision.

Hey what's wrong with Mushkin?

JustJohnny · May 17, 2023

unwind-protect said:
Hey what's wrong with Mushkin?

How much time do you have? I have PTSD from their Green and Black lines from yester years with timing and compatibility issues, separating heat spreaders and warranty claims. SODIMM did not fair any better.

eidairaman1 · May 18, 2023

JustJohnny said:
Crucial memory after SDRAM were a dumpster fire of quality and synonymous with Mushkin quality. Close down the brand was the proper decision.

Boy you certainly are not that bright.

unwind-protect said:
Hey what's wrong with Mushkin?

Never had a problem from Mushkin or Crucial, it was Corsair and Kingston that were troublesome.

TheLostSwede · May 18, 2023

HairyLobsters said:
What exactly are JEDEC timings?

JEDEC is the industry standards organisation that sets the memory speeds and timings. Prior to DDR5, there was only one set of timings for memory at each speed, but with DDR5, there are A, B and C timings and in this specific case, Crucial went with B timings.
Please see the link below for details.

Insights into DDR5 Sub-timings and Latencies

www.anandtech.com

eidairaman1 · May 18, 2023

TheLostSwede said:
JEDEC is the industry standards organisation that sets the memory speeds and timings. Prior to DDR5, there was only one set of timings for memory at each speed, but with DDR5, there are A, B and C timings and in this specific case, Crucial went with B timings.
Please see the link below for details.

Insights into DDR5 Sub-timings and Latencies

www.anandtech.com

I think Crucial is playing it safe for now as DDR5 only launched what less than a year ago I believe.

JustJohnny said:
I'll give you that. Comparison to Mushkin was exaggerated, albeit not by much. Let's just say their DDR Ballistics did not live up to their SDR days, where I happily paid a slight premium for bulletproof compatibility.

You're full of bullshit. I had Ballistix 4000 and they dropped in fine.

TheLostSwede · May 18, 2023

eidairaman1 said:
I think Crucial is playing it safe for now as DDR5 only launched what less than a year ago I believe.

Might well be, but even the A timings at 5600 is 40-40-40-40 which is not even close to what most other brands sell.
Obviously, Crucial is about compatibility and stability over all else, but it also makes this feel like a poor effort and not at all a replacement for their Ballistix products.

KrazyT · May 18, 2023

TheLostSwede said:
Considering they offer EXPO and XMP profiles, why would they only stick to JEDEC timings? Obviously it's guaranteed to work, but as a "pro" product, it feels lacklustre.

TheLostSwede said:
Obviously, Crucial is about compatibility and stability over all else, but it also makes this feel like a poor effort and not at all a replacement for their Ballistix products.

You're right here, but the "safe" route taken by Crucial could be a smart move in theses times of troubled hardware.
The "pros" Crucial reffering to, are people in office, labs ... who wants stability & compatibility > perfs ...
It's like i understood the "pro" word

TheLostSwede · May 18, 2023

KrazyT said:
You're right here, but the "safe" route taken by Crucial could be a smart move in theses times of troubled hardware.
The "pros" Crucial reffering to, are people in office, labs ... who wants stability & compatibility > perfs ...
It's like i understood the "pro" word

Well, it doesn't say Gamer as I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, so yeah.

eidairaman1 · May 22, 2023

KrazyT said:
You're right here, but the "safe" route taken by Crucial could be a smart move in theses times of troubled hardware.
The "pros" Crucial reffering to, are people in office, labs ... who wants stability & compatibility > perfs ...
It's like i understood the "pro" word

Yeah they could be used by OEMs and system Integrators unlike GSkill...

unwind-protect · May 22, 2023

"Pro" should be ECC memory.

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