Help choosing ram for this A75itx wifi mobo

[Lutfij]

hey there mates!

was looking into getting this mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500071

and snagging this ram as a matching color combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148482

question:
would i need anything higher than 1866 for a Llano setup? will be getting an A8-3870K hopefully or the 3850.

thanks for taking the time!

 

[sosofm]

You need an mini ATX board ? Because there is better options with less money.
You don't need to buy 1866Mhz memory , its fine with 1333Mhz or 1600Mhz the diference between then you will not observe just in benchmarks.

 

[Lutfij]

okay - cos i thought the APU's behaved differently with higher spec'd rams... :/ well if i can get 1600 and pull it off on that mitx board, than yeah i'll give that a go. BTW, i'm building around the SG08

 

[abekl]

I looked at the specs for that MB, and they clearly say ram is supposed to be DDR3 1866. They don't list 1333 or 1600. If it were me, I would get the 1866 Crucial ram you selected, and not opt for 1333 or 1600 ram.

 

[Lutfij]

:/ i'm new to the APU - just reading up on other sites about the mobo...and the APU.

 

[Lutfij]

sorry for a double post;

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-a8-3850-llano,2975-6.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1652/8/

these are what i've been looking for.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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