CONCLUSION 

   Overall we were quite impressed with the Ballistix Elite 16GB 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit not only because it managed to go up to 1866MHz (it even reached 2133 but with freezing issues in HAWX II) by just slightly upping the voltage and loosening the timings but also because Crucial supplies their own temperature monitoring utility (although it didn't work in our case). Of course since we didn't have the "real" 16 Quad Kit here but rather two 8GB kits i am quite certain that it will work better and so i am quite positive that it can go up to 2133MHz without having the same issues. The single drawback of the Ballistix Elite kits is the tall heat spreaders used so prior to making the purchase be sure to check whether or not your CPU Cooler gets above the memory banks to avoid any clearance issues.

   The Ballistix Elite 16GB 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLE4KIT4G3D1608DE1TX0) by Crucial retails for around USD150 inside the USA but it's not currently available for purchase inside the EU. However the two 8GB kits we used in this review (BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0) retail for around 130Euros which is not bad at all (if you can't wait for the 16GB kit) for a kit that can easily do 1866MHz and perhaps even 2133MHz (with another mainboard and/or even command rate 2). Bottom line if you are on a tight budget and can't go for the more expensive 2133MHz+ kits then the Ballistix Elite 16GB 1600MHz Quad Kit by Crucial is certainly worth a look and that's why it gets our Golden award.

PROS

- Quality
- Quad Channel (Full 16GB kit)
- Performance (Should Go Up To 2133MHz)
- 16GB
- XMP Profiles
- BallistixUtility
- Lifetime Warranty
- Price (For Some) 

CONS

- The X79 Platform Supports Much Faster Speeds (2400MHz+)
- BallistixUtility Doesn't Support X79 Boards
- Tall Heat Spreaders