What's the VLP moniker stand for? Why Very Low Profile, of course. The Sport VLP modules measure just 18mm from the base of the electrical contacts to the top of the heatsink, or to put it another way, once the sticks are installed they just come up to the top of the memory latch. Not the raised bit you use to lower the latch with either, but the latch body itself - whichever way you decide to look at it that's remarkably short. As with the company's Ballistix Tactical LP range the Sport VLP line-up currently only consists of DDR3 PC3-12800, 1,600MHz modules running at 1.35V. Crucial currently offers these modules in single 4GB and 8GB density modules or as 8GB, 16GB or 32GB memory kits. The kit we reviewed here is the 16GB set, which comprises a pair of 8GB unbuffered NON-ECC modules in tandem. On boot up, the Asus motherboard, we use for the testing, reported the modules as running at 1,333MHz with 9-9-9-24 timings at 1.35V if the memory settings in the BIOS were set to Auto. Changing to the XMP settings the memory was reported at correctly at 1,600MHz with 9-9-9-24 timings - another clear reminder that you should always check memory timings in the BIOS and adjust accordingly. The XMP shizzle thankfully takes all the hassle out of configuring the latency timings yourself. Clock-happy Just like the Tactical LP modules these wee Sport VLP modules are fairly sprightly at their stock settings, but also remarkably compliant when it comes to overclocking. Keeping the default timi
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