What RAM speed should I get

[captnemo06]

I just bought an AMD Athlon II X4 630 processor and an MSI 880GMA-E45 motherboard. I know the motherboard requires DDR3 RAM, however, I haven't built a computer from scratch in a few years and that was when you had to make sure the RAM matches the speed of the motherboard bus speed. What kind of RAM should I buy for this?

 

[tecmo34]

I would go with this 4GB set of RAM, if avaliable in your area or online...

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM

edit: Link corrected

 

[Emperus]

^ The link is not working for me.. However, if its that blue heat spreader colored G-Skill Ripjaws then i second that recommendation.. Its an excellent memory set..

 

[tecmo34]

Link fixed & it is the "Blue Heat Spreader" G.SKILL Ripjaws

 

[dragon5677]

mushkin or g skill pi series they are kinda cheaper

 

[captnemo06]

Best answer selected by captnemo06.