Suggestions for a good 16GB ram kit?

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I'm building an Intel based system with the pentium anniversary edition (to later upgrade to an i5 or i7)

I need 16GB for animation in 3DSMax and would prefer a 8gbx2 kit over a 4gbx4 kit. 

I am looking for something within the $150 range but would still like to spend as little as possible. 

I found this kit, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226420&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= and it look s decent.

I will be overclocking and can even overclock the ram if they have room for it.

Thanks and sorry about the grammar and spelling, I'm using my phone as I don't have a PC and typing on these things is difficult

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that ram seems legit, but i would personally choose a more used/reviewed kit.

also.. if your gonna run 3dsMax, a cpu upgrade will be more usefull than a ram upgrade.. especially because dat pentium...  run a bit of 3dsMax and check if your hitting the ram limit. if your not currently able to use all 8 gigs with that pentium, upgrading to a 16 gig will do absolutely nothing.

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I also found these kits

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00J8E8XT4/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?tag=pcpapi-20

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231560&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= looks good and within budget after promo.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231558&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= not so sure about these...same price as the ones above...might be same chips.

Read nothing but good about g skill and Kingston is just that brand you know

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I will upgrade later,  any rendering I will take to a xeon workstation in class.

But editing does take a shit ton of ram, the xeon stations have 16GB and those things get used up quite a bit.

Plus I use 8gb just turning the computer on...heavy user...

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need to to know your mobo and PC specs before making any ram recommendations 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MWPbRB

That's the build, everything but the ram is purchased. 

Ignore the GelL ram...i can't trust the brand and tiger won't ship it out...

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231757

I am biased. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231757 After three sets from these guys all of them were able to overclock. That lifetime warranty also plays a part. For the speed and voltage this looks solid to me. 1.65 is relatively safe for intel. For a few dollars more this is what I would run with. Paid about $140 for  a trident x set at 2x8 @ 1866 for about 140 in december. Also bought a trident x set for same price rated for 2400mhz @10-12-11-31 at 2T. G.Skill seems to be the way to go if overclocking. Heard some great things about team as well, but I don't own any memory from them.

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Crap. Spent too much time browsing, not familiar with the new pentiums. With my old i3 530 I had to increase FSB clocks to increase memory. Not sure if this changed with new pentiums. Might be dependent on mobo.

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I think this pentium is like an unlocked Haswell i3 with slightly less cache

So it can probably handle decent memory speeds regardless of the spec sheet. 

Though, that ram is a bit over budget and from what I can tell, all G.Skill's ram series look to be the same and only look different (correct me on this)

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I tried doing a shit ton of research prior, but not for Intel platform and not in this price

So I am asking to prevent myself from making and inadequate or low quality choice. 

Seems as though that Kingston and G.Skill are two good brands that have ram in my range. Though there is a lot to sort through.

AMD seems to prefer timings

Intel likes frequency

But the tradeoff is that I can only have one or the other So I am aiming for 1600cl9 1866cl10 or 2133cl11

Looks like the higher frequency only makes a slight difference in speed with the math all done, so in the end I am probably only looking for a known quality kit that is in my range. I can overclock if I desire, but may only a little bit.

I will be overclocking the blck,  so chances are that I will be under clocking the ram before I get to overclocking it...

I got a 1600 kit of crucial sport to 1940 something without touching the timings at one point...so I am assuming most 1600 sticks can pull off 1866 reasonably well.

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I've never used ram with a heatspreader; from what I can tell, they are mainly cosmetic. 

Could I also get 1333 ram and overclock it to 1600/1866 possibly? Not my preferred choice, but it is an option I can accept. 

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Please correct me there...I need to know what I have wrong...

My mother now has that ram kit and loves it...not sure why...makes no difference to her fps on her amd machine...

I will never understand. ..bragging rights? 

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Those workstations have e5-2620 cpu in them...I wonder if an over clocked i5 could beat one of those...

Side tracked thoughts. 

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I would not try to OC 1333 to 1600 or 1866.

this is what you need ... plus it matches your board colors.   lol      very low latency 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Xy3FCJ

I threw in the CPU you can wish for too and a good entry level GPU for rendering in 3dsmax. just for kicks

 

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Oh, nice.

I never thought about the ascetics...but maybe I should considering my case has a side panel window. 

I it's a bit out of budget, but I can probably still do it. 

And thanks for the gpu recommendation. 

I'm going to wait a few more days to see if anyone has any more suggestions.