DDR5 consumer memory has arrived on the market since last year but adoption was quite poor due to lack of stocks, expensive motherboards and kits which were quite pricy themselves. The situation is slowly stabilizing, with more and more motherboard models appearing on the market, we have seen more DRAM stocks in online shops but there is still a shortage of PMIC (Power Management ICs) and VRMs (Voltage Regulating Modules).

Crucial has now available memory kits with capacities from 8GB (single stick) and up to 64GB (dual sticks), all sporting a 4800Mhz operating frequency and no heatsinks. The kit we are going to review in this article is a 32GB capacity one, composed of two sticks and a CAS latency of 40. At this frequency, the RAM is operating at 1.1V, assuring that it will not need any extra cooling.

The 32GB kit has arrived in a simple, transparent plastic packaging, with two stickers attached on the frontal layer, informing us of the product code name, its frequency, the running voltage and CAS latency and more!

The sticks do come with black PCBs in order to fit most setups and no flashy LEDs as on the Ballistix line (now retired):

In the middle area of the modules, we can clearly spot the power delivery components, while on the sides we have four memory ICs, each with a capacity of 2GB:

The memory packages come with the D8BNJ code name:

Here is a close look at the power delivery area as well:

The back side of the module does not come with extra components:

The module installation on the motherboard is a very easy process and due to no heatspreaders, there are no clearance issues: