INTRODUCTION

   Who would had thought that even though roughly 20 years ago 128MB of DDR RAM was more than enough for even the most demanding users today even 32GB of DDR4 RAM might just not be enough for some (for some heavy professional applications even twice that amount will probably not be enough). Certainly, these gigantic amounts of RAM are not the only thing we didn't really have back then, today one also needs to take into account frequency, timings and even features like heatspreader size and design and RGB lighting. Crucial is among the oldest RAM manufacturers and since our latest DDR4 charts already include their Ballistix Elite series today we decided to take a step backwards and check their Ballistix Sport AT series and more specifically a quad-channel 32GB 3000MHZ CL17 kit.

   Crucial is a global brand of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial solid state drives (SSDs) and memory (DRAM) upgrades are compatible with over 100,000 new and old desktops, laptops, workstations, and servers. Available worldwide at leading retail and e-tail stores, commercial resellers, and system integrators, Crucial products enhance system performance and user productivity. Learn more at Crucial.com.

   The Ballistix Sport AT line of DDR4 modules by Crucial is XMP 2.0 certified and currently available in 8/16GB single, 16/32GB dual and 32/64 quad-channel kits (we actually used 4 single module packages for this review) with frequencies all the way up to 3200MHZ (2666/3000/3200MHZ), CAS latency timings set as low as 16 (2666/3000MHZ CL17 & 3200MHZ CL16) and voltage set at 1.35v for all kits. Under the very short gunmetal gray (with a touch of yellow) heatspreaders (designed specifically to match the color theme of ASUS TUF Gaming mainboards) of the Ballistix Sport AT modules Crucial has placed 8GB D-Die memory chips by Micron (single rank for the 8GB modules and dual rank for the 16GB modules). Of course, as expected from a leading manufacturer like Crucial the entire Ballistix Sport AT line is covered by a limited lifetime warranty.