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Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB 1866MHz Kit Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 7th March 2012 | Source: Crucial | Price: £52 | Author: Bryan Waters

Introduction

The Crucial Ballistix range has been around for longer than some of us care to remember. My old Socket 939 Athlon used to have Ballistix memory in it, and the fact it's remained part of the Crucial line-up, albeit in a very different form, is testament to the solidity of the brand.

The Elite variant of the Ballistix line is Crucials very top range product. With a limited lifetime warranty and designed for those who seek the very best, this should live up to its Elite billing, especially as one of the things that always used to make it stand out from the competition was the low timings and overclocking capabilities.

Technical Specifications

The set we have on test today is the 1866MHz @ CAS9 version designed for Dual-Channel applications, and as such we'll be testing it on our i5-2500K. With temperature monitoring built in and an all-black look it covers the needs of those who like their RAM to be functional and attractive.

Speaking of attractive, let's take a look at it.

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07-03-2012, 07:43:22

tinytomlogan

Today we take a look at a nicely balanced kit from Crucial, the Ballistix Elite.

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07-03-2012, 09:42:14

MaXiMiZe

Great review Bryan. Looks a really good 8gb kit Quote

07-03-2012, 09:47:00

murphy7801

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Originally Posted by MaXiMiZe Great review Tom. Looks a really good 8gb kit

The review was done by Bryan but yes it was good review.Quote

07-03-2012, 11:46:09

MaXiMiZe

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Originally Posted by murphy7801 The review was done by Bryan but yes it was good review.

Oh crap. Didn't even realise I wrote Tom Quote

07-03-2012, 11:49:43

yassarikhan786

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Originally Posted by MaXiMiZe Oh crap. Didn't even realise I wrote Tom

You wrote Bryan looking at your post now. I think murphy7801 just edited the quote to trick you into thinking you wrote Tom .

P.S. Nice review Bryan.Quote

07-03-2012, 14:18:02

B NEGATIVE

This is relevant to my interests.Quote

11-03-2012, 09:51:57

gs941

got some of this stuff, i think that your review of it was spot on as per usual. Quote

24-04-2012, 19:59:45

D3FiANC3

Crucial states that the Ballistic w/ the tall heatspreaders won't fit with the NH-D14, but I see you used the NH-D14 for your test setup. No issues with the clearance?

* Edit: This review confirms that the Crucial Ballistix Elite will not fit with the NH-D14, so I'm curious as to how you managed it.Quote

24-04-2012, 20:15:27

I Hunta x

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Originally Posted by D3FiANC3 Crucial states that the Ballistic w/ the tall heatspreaders won't fit with the NH-D14, but I see you used the NH-D14 for your test setup. No issues with the clearance? * Edit: This review confirms that the Crucial Ballistix Elite will not fit with the NH-D14, so I'm curious as to how you managed it.

Just raise the front fan up higher on the tower, that usualy works on 99% motherboards but some boards may have the cpu socket closer to the memory slots than others and may cause fouling with the actually tower part of the d14 rather than the fan.Quote

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