Crucial Launches the Pro Series Memory

[R-T-B]

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...

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[HairyLobsters]

What exactly are JEDEC timings?

 

[Veseleil]

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]

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]

What exactly are JEDEC timings?

Pretty much the worst timings possible. The bare minimum.

 

[unwind-protect]

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]

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]

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.

Hey what's wrong with Mushkin?

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

 

[TheLostSwede]

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]

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.

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]

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]

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.

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]

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]

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]

"Pro" should be ECC memory.