INTRODUCTION

   Sometimes it's hard for me to "grasp" just how much the computer industry/market has evolved in just less than 30 years. Take RAM for example, who would had thought back in the early 90's that from just single modules of 4MB RAM today (and 5 generations later) we'd had gone all the way to 256GB? Granted back then we had no need for the sheer amounts of RAM we have today (even 16MB was considered overkill) but still the "gap" between then and now is enormous to say the least. Still it is what it is and so today not only have 16GB of RAM become mainstream but popularity of both 32GB and 64GB kits (dual-channel ones primarily) has skyrocketed since last year and largely due to that fact today I’ll be testing the latest Ballistix Gaming 64GB DDR4 3200MHz Dual-Channel Kit by Crucial (BL2K32G32C16U4B).

   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. Crucial Ballistix gaming memory delivers a performance edge to gamers and enthusiasts and enhances the overall PC gaming experience. 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 www.crucial.com.

   The Ballistix Gaming line by Crucial is currently available in both RGB and non-RGB models (this is also the one reviewed today), three different heatspreader colors (black/red/white) and only in dual-channel configuration (2x8/16/32GB - you can of course pair these kits for quad channel systems) with frequencies all the way to 3600MHz (2400/2666/3000/3200/3600MHz), CAS latency timings as low as 15 (only the 2x8GB 3000MHz kits are CL15, all else are CL16) and voltages set at 1.35v for all kits. Under the low-profile anodized aluminum heatspreaders we find dual rank 16GB B-Die memory chips by Micron (at least in this kit) and a 3D printed RGB LED bar (for the RGB models) with a total of 16 RGB LEDs (8 zones) and full compatibility with all the popular mainboard sync technologies (including ASUS AURA Sync, GIGABYTE RGB Fusion, MSI Mystic Light Sync and ASRock RGB Sync). As with their previous lines Crucial covers the Ballistix Gaming DDR4 RAM with a limited lifetime warranty.