New memory ready for Ivy Bridge-E - what to get ?

[Gripen90]

No doubt, sooner or later I'll get an 4930K, but now with the "horror" scenario of rocketing RAM prices, I think I would be most sensible to get the compatible memory in the house ASAP for the Ivy Bridge-E. I know this new CPU is going to support 1866Mhz native, but the big question is what kind of memory should it get ?

1) The demand is low-profile (no tall heatsinks) on the Ram.
2) At least be able to run 1866Mhz at 1.5v (1.6 max)
3) Be 4x4GB sticks so perhaps a set of two.

I have no intention of major OC.
I'm going to spend max £150 - preferably less

The motherboard used is an Asus P9X79 Pro.

I have been looking at the following kits both 1866Mhz and 2133Mhz since they're basically the same price:

A) 16GB DDR3 G.Skill Ares Series Quad channel memory kit, comprising 4x4GB modules. PC3-17000 memory, 2133MHz with timings of CL11 (11-11-11), 1.6V. Low profile memory modules (height of 32mm / 1.26 inches) with new style Ares heatsinks. Intel XMP ready.
£123.

B) 16GB DDR3 G.Skill Ares Series CL9 quad channel memory kit, comprising 4x4GB modules. PC3-17000 memory, 2133MHz with timings of CL9 (9-11-10-28), 1.65V. Low profile memory modules (height of 33mm / 1.30 inches) with new style blue Ares heatsinks. Intel XMP ready.
£141.


C) 16 GB (4x4GB) G.Skill ARES LP DDR3-1866 C9 , DIMM 240-pin, Low Profile, DDR3, 1866 MHz / PC3-14900, CL9-10-9-28, 1.5 V. Low profile memory modules (height of 33mm / 1.30 inches) with new style blue Ares heatsinks. Intel XMP ready.
£117.


What would be the best choice and are the others to consider ?

 

[Gripen90]

Went for option C... it'll have to suffice

 

[colinmcr]

I'm in the same boat as you mate, I've just ordered the Asus Rampage IV Black + 4930k.

I have no clue what ram to order, I'll be OC'in but not silly numbers. I have a higher budget but I need to stay sensible. For cosmetic reasons I need to stick with black or red heat spreaders though.

Option C looks good

 

[Gibbo]

I'm in the same boat as you mate, I've just ordered the Asus Rampage IV Black + 4930k.

I have no clue what ram to order, I'll be OC'in but not silly numbers. I have a higher budget but I need to stay sensible. For cosmetic reasons I need to stick with black or red heat spreaders though.

Option C looks good

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nonl2brKingston's KHX2400C11D3K4/8GX is a kit of four 256M x 64-bit (2GB) DDR3-2400 CL11 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) 1Rx8 memory modules, based on eight 256M x 8-bit DDR3 FBGA components per module. Each module kit supports Intel® XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles). Total kit capacity is 8GB. Each module kit has been tested to run at DDR3-2400 at a low latency timing of 11-13-11 at 1.65V. The SPDs are programmed to JEDEC standard latency DDR3-1333 timing of 9-9-9 at 1.5V. Each 240-pin DIMM uses gold contact fingers. The JEDEC standard electrical and mechanical specifications are as follows:<br>
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Or as there is more choice in dual channel kits, just buy a pair of dual channel kits, as they shall run in quad channel fine.