Performance: 40 out of 40.
The Elite series really is all about performance and here is where it excels at. Honestly, if price is not a concern this kit really does offer the best of both worlds: great performance and great capacity. What more could you ask for?!
Ease of Use: 20 out of 20
While you will need to push 1.35v to get the factory rated speeds this kit is perfectly fine at booting up at lower frequencies with only 1.2v. What this means is that is incredibly user-friendly with no hand holding needed during installation and setup. Mix in practical height heatspreaders and the same is true with cooler vs RAM compatibility issues. Ballistix really has ease of use down pat on all their lines.
Build Quality & Warranty: 19 out of 20
These kits are indeed built to an incredibly high standard. They also come with a lifetime warranty as such the only area that we can nit-pick at is in the aesthetics department. With only one color to choose from we do have to ding Ballistix a single point. If you don’t care about a lack of options you can consider this kit a perfect 20 out of 20 as this is the only issue worth noting in this regards.
Value: 17 out of 20
While it is indeed true this kit is actually cheaper than many of its counterparts, and it does indeed justify its asking price nicely, the fact still remains that they are on the costly side of the spectrum. Mix in the fact that the less expensive Tactical series is no slouch in the performance department and the Elites relative value does suffer somewhat. It is still very good, and still will be a siren call to those who want 32GB of RAM and high frequencies… but it still is a good chunk of change to plunk down for RAM.
Final Score: 96 out 100
The Ballistix Elite DDR4-3466 may cost a pretty penny but if you can afford the asking price – which is actually better than most for this class – they easily justify the cost of entry into this elite world of no compromise solutions.
