Overclocked Memory DDR3-1867 on Mac Mini

As anyone tried the Crucial Ballistix memory stick with speed 1866/7, or any other brand with the same speed 1866/7 and with a total of 16GB RAM...32GB RAM?

Putting faster memory in a Mini will not make it run faster.
In fact, it could actually cause problems as it is not the memory
specified for that model. 
The memory bus speed is is fixed in hardware.
As for amount of RAM, 16gig is max on 2011 and 2012 Minis.

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