Advice on which type of ram to use

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I'm building my first rig, my mobo is a ASUS M4A89GTD PRO with a AMD HDZ965FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 965 - 3.4 Ghz AM3 Black Edition CPU, i'm looking at installing Corsair XMS3 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1333 MHz ( PC3-10600 ) any suggestion would be great.
 
I am pretty sure that the AMD motherboard default RAM speed is 1333 MHz. So you can just plug the RAM into the slots. The motherboard manual will tell you which slots to use.

Because this is your first build, look at the following threads.
Build it yourself:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-13-step-step-guide-building

Pay attention to Step 3 to install the memory. You cannot install it backwards; it just will not fit.

And although this primarily a troubleshooting thread, the first part contains a checklist that will catch most noob mistakes:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-read-posting-boot-problems