Where should i buy RAM for my iMac??

Where or what website should i purchase RAM from.
i am looking to upgrade my Imac 27" (fall 2013)
i like to go from 8GB to 16GB or possibly 32GB
will be working on FCPX. lots of video editing.
someone suggested www.macsales.com
and suggested using OWC upgrades.
anyone have any advice ???
thanks

My advice. so mileage may vary.
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, by itself, can eat up 4 GBs of RAM.
If you install only 16 GBs of RAM, this really leaves only 12 GBs of a usable RAM for other applications.
You do not, necessarily, have to install the complete 32 GB of RAM.
You could install 20-24 GBs of RAM and will, probably, still be in good shape, in terms of RAM.
What is really needed for video editing is a fast CPU and powerful GPU ( at least 1 GB VRAM) and lots of hard drive space.
So, I would recommend investing in two fast USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt external hard drives.
One drive (1 or 2 TB storage size) for a working drive for data and editing of Final Cut files and one other drive ( 2 TB or larger data storage space) to use as a complete computer data backup drive solution.

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"2x4GB allows to run in dual channel, but no, not 2 times faster, a single stick operates as a 64bit device in dual channel the two sticks operate together as a 128bit device which in reality provides for up to an appr 15% gain in performance vs single channel - the lower the latency at a given freq the better performance, however have to take into account the freq also a 1333/CL7 set can't touch a 2133/9 set in sheer performance + the higher the freq the higher the bandwidth so the more data can be dealt with in a single clock cycle"
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