In the hand, the modules look very high-end with their matte black finish and relatively heavy heatsinks. A single module weighs in at 62 g, which is also very promising for the heat capacity, but you’ll find the data on the next page.
Speaking of specs, the modules are 134mm long each, so pretty much the same as a DDR4 DIMM slot, with no overhang at the ends. The height is 39 mm including the contact points, so the Ballistix MAX sticks should still fit easily under most air coolers or radiators in the case roof.
As usual, to illustrate the lighting, I have a short video for you that shows the modules at system startup. First the modules flash briefly in red, green and blue and then start a colour gradient, whereby this becomes asynchronous relatively quickly between several modules. Of course, this can still be adjusted with the usual motherboard RGB softwares in operation, with which the modules are of course compatible.
In addition, I have a few still shots, on which the gradient of the different colors over the upper edge of the modules becomes more visible. Unfortunately, 8 halos each can be identified relatively quickly here, which are based on the LEDs at the top edge of the PCB. Due to the low height, the “Lightspreader” unfortunately doesn’t quite manage to conceal it. The phenomenon is also intensified by the indentation in the lighting element on both sides of the lettering, so that the colors there already appear significantly different than at the edge of the modules.
The brightness of the LEDs is more than adequate and can easily keep up with my other people wonders on the motherboard. Regarding the colors, I also find the default selection a bit generic, which makes the modules with active LEDs not look as valuable to the naked eye as off. Of course, these are only my subjective impressions – tastes are different – and on the other hand, the colors and gradients can be adjusted via software, so it’s not the end of the world.
Speaking of which, those who can’t or don’t want to install the motherboard’s control software can also directly use Crucial’s “DDR4 M.O.D. Utility”, which can read out the SPD and the temperature sensors in addition to controlling the RGB LEDs. And also the resource consumption of the application is exemplary low, so it can be installed and operated as a background application without hesitation.
- 1 - Unboxing and first Impressions
- 2 - Dimensions and RGB
- 3 - SPD and Heatsink Performance
- 4 - Teardown and PCB Comparison (vs. RevE)
- 5 - Test Systems and Methods
- 6 - XMP Behavior and Overclocking
- 7 - Synthetic Benchmarks – AIDA64 und Geekbench 3
- 8 - Gaming – Cyberpunk 2077 in UHD, QHD, FHD
- 9 - Summary and Coinclusion
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