INTRODUCTION

   When DDR5 DRAM for the PC was first announced to the world in late 2020 most people figured that it would surpass DDR4 DRAM in every conceivable way and even though today there some 8GHz DDR5 RAM kits around there are countless more between 4.8GHz and 5.6GHz. Needless to say, when there are DDR4 kits in the market running at 5333MHz and with CAS latencies as low as CL20 it's obviously not easy justifying the existence of DDR5 kits at 4800MHz/5200MHz/5600MHz and with CAS latencies at around CL40. Still, such fast DDR4 kits are not available in capacities higher than 16GB (2x8GB) and so this is where DDR5 comes on top since right now one can even find 256GB kits (8x32GB) with speeds all the way up to 5600MHz (32/48GB @ 8GHz). Crucial may have yet to release their Ballistix line of high-performance DDR5 kits (i hope they do soon) but their "regular" DDR5 line was unveiled last year and today with me i have their 32GB 5600MHz CL45 Dual-Channel Kit.

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   Just like with their past "regular" consumer oriented RAM the new DDR5 kits don't feature heatspreaders (still the black PCB does look nice) thus these are clearly low-profile models (just over 31mm in total height) aimed towards consumers on a budget. Currently this line is available in single (8/16/32GB) and dual (2x8/16/32GB) channel kits with frequencies going all the way up to 5600MHz (4800/5200/5600MHz), timings as low as CL40 (4800MHz CL40 - 5200MHz CL42 - 5600MHz CL46) and voltage set at 1.1V for the entire range. These RAM Kits feature single die modules by Micron, are EXPO and XMP 3.0 compatible and just like past lines Crucial covers them with a limited lifetime warranty. 5600MHz may not seem impressive but Crucial has yet to let me down so let's see what you can expect from their top DDR5 kit currently.