Trying to choose DDR-III Memory Modules for 32 GB RAM (4 * 8 GB)

[The Stilt]

The OEM for AMD / Radeon memory changed quite recently from Patriot to Dataram so there is no accurate info available for the ICs.

The Entertaiment Edition & <1866MHz Performance Edition modules are either Elpida or Micron rev. D/E.

Getting 32GB of guaranteed Hynix MFR based RAM for cheap is tough.
I'd say getting Kingston is the most certain and probably the cheapest way too.

If you don't plan to use the iGPU of APU the memory is pretty much irrelevant.
There is no noteable performance increase above DDR-1600 on CPUs / NPUs.

[zir_blazer]

The OEM for AMD / Radeon memory changed quite recently from Patriot to Dataram so there is no accurate info available for the ICs.

The Entertaiment Edition & <1866MHz Performance Edition modules are either Elpida or Micron rev. D/E.

Getting 32GB of guaranteed Hynix MFR based RAM for cheap is tough.
I'd say getting Kingston is the most certain and probably the cheapest way too.

Does this means that the AMD 1866 MHz Performance Edition modules are Hynix MFR, or not? If they are, they are also the cheapest around, so they would still be a decent, if more expensive, choice.

I could easily pay that 30%. If I pay with credit card, I get the official conversion rates so those 250 U$D are merely 1325$. The problem is that Newegg doesn't ship internationally, and I'm having troubles trying to find this AMD memory at ANY other vendor. This means that I will need to use a middleman for Newegg, and it would get to a bit over 2000, but still on budget. The problem will be if I had to RMA...

If you don't plan to use the iGPU of APU the memory is pretty much irrelevant.
There is no noteable performance increase above DDR-1600 on CPUs / NPUs.

The point is that as I still don't know if I will take Haswell or Richland, chances are that if I purchase slower RAM and go to a Richland, I would feel like I made a subpar choice on RAM. Also, due to the fact that I plan to do RAMDisk intensive use, I have the feeling that using faster RAM could potentially increase quite a bit I/O capability. After all, I will have CPU, iGPU and the RAMDisk all fighting for the precious Memory Bandwidth.

So far, its either AMD RE1600 or RP1866. Assuming I can get them in.