Review: Crucial 32GB DDR4-2133 (CT8G4DFD8213)

Conclusion

Crucial straddles the server and high-end desktop space with DDR4 UDIMM memory available in per-module capacities of up to 8GB.

The high cost of the Intel X99 platform has swayed many enthusiasts away from investing in the best system backbone currently available.

Pricing is coming down for both motherboards and DDR4 memory, where you can now purchase a 16GB (4x4GB) kit for not much more than £150. Faster kits retain a large premium and show little real-world benefit when going by our benchmarks.

Crucial straddles the server and high-end desktop space with DDR4 UDIMM memory available in per-module capacities of up to 8GB. The reviewed modules offer 2,133MHz speeds and cost £75 a pop, providing 32GB for around £300.

Performance is close enough to DDR4-2,800 and 3,000MHz sets for it not to be an issue for all the performance junkies. Want some high-capacity DDR4 for that Core i7-5820K or Core i7-5930K? Crucial may just have the answer.

The Good		The Bad
Solid value proposition 8GB per module Good performance on X99		Not widely available

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Crucial DDR4-2,133 32GB (4x8GB)

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Could you include the scores for DDR3 modules ? Comparing other speed DDR4 is fine and all, but considering anyone WITH DDR4 already is hardly gonna be looking to change, no matter the scores, I think people would rather see the score differences between DDR3 (especially the highest end speed sticks) so we can get a feel of the benefits of switching…even if in the real world the difference between DDR3 and DDR4 would only be noticed in extremely multiload situations

Tunnah
Could you include the scores for DDR3 modules ? Comparing other speed DDR4 is fine and all, but considering anyone WITH DDR4 already is hardly gonna be looking to change, no matter the scores, I think people would rather see the score differences between DDR3 (especially the highest end speed sticks) so we can get a feel of the benefits of switching…even if in the real world the difference between DDR3 and DDR4 would only be noticed in extremely multiload situations

I second this.

Tunnah
Could you include the scores for DDR3 modules ?

There aren't many (any?) X99 boards that can take DDR3 are there at the moment? As soon as you change CPU you're changing memory controller and a whole host of variables that would make the comparison meaningless.

kalniel
There aren't many (any?) X99 boards that can take DDR3 are there at the moment?

but for anyone wanting to make the jump to X99 , they will want to see if changing to DDR4 from high speed DDR3 is actually worth while right now

Haswell-e is DDR4 only. Chipset doesn't matter.