Which one of these 2x4GB RAM sticks to buy?

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Hey guys, I'm going to be upgrading my PC soon and currently I'm thinking about RAM to buy. I'm thinking about which one of these to buy, as all of them have pretty much the same features and price. These are the sticks:
Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) HyperX Beast DDR3 1600MHz DIMM CL9 (possibly the best as it has the most extra features? http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-8gb--2-x-4gb--hyperx-beast-ddr3-1600mhz-dimm-cl9-8DY3.html?refs=468550000-418700000-51540000&catid=15006&src=3)

Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance Pro Blue DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (second most features http://www.dabs.com/products/corsair-8gb--2-x-4gb--vengeance-pro-blue-ddr3-1600mhz-cl9-8QJG.html?refs=468550000-418700000-51540000-50830000&catid=15006&src=3)

Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) HyperX Black 1600MHz DDR3 DIMM CL9 (http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-8gb--2-x-4gb--hyperx-black-1600mhz-ddr3-dimm-cl9-8GJN.html?refs=468550000-418700000-51540000&catid=15006&src=3)

Crucial 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport XT 1600MHz DDR3 1.5V 240-pin DIMM CL9 (cheapest http://www.dabs.com/products/crucial-8gb-kit--2-x-4gb--ballistix-sport-xt-1600mhz-ddr3-1-5v-240-pin-dimm-cl9-8PQ2.html?refs=468550000-418700000-51540000&catid=15006&src=3)

So which one do you guys recommend? I'm most specifically looking at the Vengeance and HyperX Black. What are your thoughts on these? Thanks in advance!
 
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Crucial 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport XT 1600MHz DDR3 1.5V 240-pin DIMM CL9 will be the best.

I've reasons of why not to go with Corsair or HyperX/Beast:

Vengeance: they've high heatspreaders, are big and bulky, bit overpriced and get heated up pretty quickly too.
Beast/HyperX: They've higher voltage than natively supported by MoBo so you'll have to tweak it manually (not that hard) to run it on 1.65V.

I'd have chose the Crucial Ballistix over others even if it was a bit costlier, and here since its cheaper, there's no doubt I'd recommend Crucial.
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Crucial 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport XT 1600MHz DDR3 1.5V 240-pin DIMM CL9 will be the best.

I've reasons of why not to go with Corsair or HyperX/Beast:

Vengeance: they've high heatspreaders, are big and bulky, bit overpriced and get heated up pretty quickly too.
Beast/HyperX: They've higher voltage than natively supported by MoBo so you'll have to tweak it manually (not that hard) to run it on 1.65V.

I'd have chose the Crucial Ballistix over others even if it was a bit costlier, and here since its cheaper, there's no doubt I'd recommend Crucial.
 
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Thanks! I looked into it and apparently the 1.65 voltage on the Kingstons can be a bit problematic so I'd rather avoid that, which only leaves the Corsairs. The Corsairs only have the Intel XMP feature compared to the Crucial but I won't be overclocking RAM so it's alright ;D

Thanks a lot!
 
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