Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 3200 MHz 2x8 GB review - Final Words & Conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

So let start by saying this .. Ballistix Sport LT is a RAM series without RGB lighting and yay that's okay :) Some can see this as a negative, but it doesn’t actually hurt performance you know. The heat spreader color is grey, the PCB black. So it should fit almost all PC builds themes wise. You can always choose the white or red variant if you prefer. The range of available frequencies is broad. The slowest module operates at 2400 MHz, and the fastest one (the one reviewed here) reaches 3200 MHz at CL16. While not super tight in latency, it's more than enough for most common builds.

Tweaking

The memory chips used here are the E-Die by Micron. Not as good as the famous B-Die, but still enough to provide some overclocking headroom. We achieved a nice 3600 MHz at CL17 and 1.45 V (standard is 1.35 V). That’s a rather decent result. You can always try to lower the latencies and go even higher in frequency, but the best results are achieved by “tweaking” the frequency with a relatively as low as possible latency.

Aesthetics

Ballistix has managed to make the Sport LT a pleasant looking kit, and that's really all there is to say about it. It is a kit under the 'one size fits all' theme. It'll sit in any PC unobtrusively. It has digital camo and of course a three-color option. There is not even a single RGB LED to be spotted, so anno 2019 some users might find this a drawback (but is it, really?). I mean you do pay a price premium for all the RGB goodness these days.

Conclusion

Ballistix Sport LT provides the features that today’s customers (except for RGB fans) need the most. The default frequency (3200 MHz) is satisfactory, and the XMP 2.0 profile makes life easier. If you want more, you can try to overclock the memory. With the reviewed kit with an Asus Z390-E Strix Gaming board, it was possible to achieve 3600 MHz at CL17. A very respectable result. You need to remember, though, that reproducibility is never guaranteed, and your result may vary. The heat spreader is low-profile (32.5 mm) so most likely you won’t encounter any clearance problems with your air/liquid cooling (but it’s always good to check the dimensions in your system before you buy a memory module). The memory is covered by a lifetime warranty. Currently, you can spot two a kit of two 8GB DIMMs as tested today for just € 79,- and that is not a bad deal whatsoever. We can give the Crucial Ballistix a “Guru3D recommended” award. It is well deserved mainly due to the quality, satisfying results, and very reasonable pricing (albeit DDR4 memory prices are going up and down consistently, currently they are at an all-time and very nice low. 

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