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Re: Making My Own Computer
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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
Next to the RAM. It comes with 512mb DDR400 included. The motherboard supports dual channel RAM, but since it comes with bundled with one stick of RAM this feature is not available. So to overcome this I would buy another 512 stick of DDR400 (pc3200) Corsair for 73 bucks If you get this you will have a gig of RAM and will be able to run it dual channel, which makes the memory run much more efficiently and faster.
Actually, to get dual-channel DDR working, you'd need a matched pair, I believe. And I don't think there are many advantages to Dual-channel DDR, if I remember the reviews I read about it correctly.

Also, if you want the fastest drive setup, RAID 0 a few of those 10k rpm Raptors
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