Photos and Aesthetic
The packaging for both the Crucial DDR5 5200 MT/s and 5600 MT/s memory was as simple as it comes. They are selling them individually so they are packaged individually. They come in clear plastic clamshell trays with a hanging hook up top and just two stickers on the packaging. The bottom sticker just lets you know this is a DDR5 kit and the top sticker has the Crucial by Micron log in the top half. Then in the bottom white half, it has the capacity as the largest font and the model information to the right as well as the full model number below that. The normal certification logos are there of course and it also has the barcode keeping things simple. The clear packaging means you can see the back side of the memory from the front and when you flip it over you can see the front including the sticker with the serial number and serial number barcode meaning none of that needs to also be included on the packaging.
Both the 5200 MT/s and 5600 MT/s look the same and also match the original 4800 MT/s kit that came out with the initial DDR5 launch.
With Crucial’s memory not having a heatspreader at all you get a full view of the full PCB. Both kits have the same layout which has everything on the front side of the memory. The ram is laid out like a double-height kit only they haven’t used the top half at all. So all eight ram chips are along the bottom and are split up into two halves. There are a few components up in the center up in the top portion and that’s about it. The rest is the black PCB. For branding, both kits have one sticker which Is placed over the top of four of the eight ram chips on the right side. The sticker has a blue section with the Crucial by Micron logo on the left. Then the right 2/3 of the sticker has a black background to match the PCB. This has the capacity, DDR5, memory speed, DIMM size, voltage, and CAS latency all listed at the bottom. Above that is the model number and then you have the manufacture location and your serial number as well as the certification logos. A closer look at the RAM lets us see that these are made by Micron, no surprises there, and have the model number 2WG45 on it for the 5600 MT/s kit and 2UG45 for the 5200 MT/s kit.
Around on the back, both models have a fully bare PCB which just gives another look at the black finish.
