What I've decided

Computer Forum New Build / Upgrade Advice
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yeh, i’ve decided this is what im going to do:
Replace my ECS m848ALU rev 2.1 (£23 mobo lol) with a:

Gigabyte 7N400E-L Nforce 2
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Corsair (VS1GBKIT333) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR333 / PC2700, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL2.5, Lifetime Warranty
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Antec SLK3700 BQE Solution 350W PSU (Antec)

That will make my system exactly this spec:
Antec SLK3700 BQE
Antec 350W Smart PSU
Gigabyte 7N400E-L Nforce 2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 2200+ (1.8ghz)
1.5GB DDR333 PC2700
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb Sapphire
2 x 60GB 7200RPM 8mb Cache
LG 8X DUAL DVD Burner
LG 16X DVD Player
21" Philips TFT

what u rekon?

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I don’t know if you know this, but that board is based on the nForce 2 400 chipset, which is single channel. The nForce 2 Ultra 400 is dual-channel. However, the design of the Athlon XP means the extra memory channel adds only an extra 3-5% performance. Everything else looks good, tho.

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sorry i cut the product name of it down it is actually a:
Gigabyte 7N400E-L SKT A Nforce2 Ultra ATX 400FSB Sound LAN USB 2.0 Retail Box

:smiley:

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http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-7N400E-L.htm

I dunno. According to Gigabyte, the GA-7N400E-L doesn’t list dual-channel DDR as any part of it’s specs. I know the GA-7N400 is dual channel tho…

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7N400.htm

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I think BigB’s right.

The GA-7N400E-L doesn’t have dual channel, but it isn’t a big deal.

Also, I suggest you get PC3200 memory so that if you get a 400FSB cpu, you won’t be RAM limited.

The rest of it looks good.