Test System

Testing Rated Speeds

One thing I love about these Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DIMMs is that there is no messing around in the BIOS to get them to run at their rated speed. All you need to do is plug them in and turn on your PC, and they'll be running at 2400 MHz without fail. However, if that does fail for some weird reason, there is an included XMP profile, so all you have to do is make a simple change in your BIOS for things to be as they should.


When I took the time to overclock these modules, I was actually impressed with being able to run their rated timings and voltage at 2666 MHz, one speed bin up. I did try to run 2800 MHz with lowered timings and boosted voltage, but either these sticks aren't capable or my test CPU is not. Be that as it may, a 266+ MHz overhead is nice for those who want to do some BCLK overclocking with their CPU.