Overall the Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB kit performed very well in everything but the PCMark test. I was able to get a 5-5-5-12 1066 OC on this ram but it wasn't stable enough to complete the Sisoft Sandra Cache mem test no matter how much voltage and timing fluctuations I tried. The DQ6 from gigabyte and most X48 boards seem to have an inherent problem with getting specific memory OC’s that make sense. The way they do their CPU to ram calculations sometimes gives you very obscure ram speeds. Motherboard rants aside I was able to achieve notable increases in every test going to 1066, but again the only test Patriot won in was the PCMark Vantage test. The Crucial out performed the 1066 clocks on every other test.

Would I recommend this ram? Yes, it is awesome looking and very unique. On top of esthetics this ram performs extremely well in every test that matters, if you want bragging rights for PCMark go for Patriot but if you love gaming reach for the crucial.

Pros:

• Price
• Quality
• LED's
• Gaming Performance
• Bandwidth at 800MHz
• Multiple Color Choices
• SuperPi Speeds

Cons:

• PCMark Vantage Score