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I need some help I have a Abit AT7-MAX2 with 2x512mb 2100 ddr it's the cheap ram from a computer fair & AMD2400xp 2x200gb Maxtor sata and a pioneer DVR-107 and MSI Geforce4 Ti 4200 8xAGP

The thing is what to get :/

Abit KV8-MAX3 with AMD Athlon 64 3200
Or
Abit IC7-MAX3 with Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" 3.2GHz

With Corsair XMS ram at 400MHz DDR
Is it better to get 1 stick at 1gb or 2x512mb in dual mode

Is running in dual mode better

thanks for any help

GAVIN

As my colleague found out yesterday, with an ABit Mobo, 400 Mhz DDR has to be run in dual mode. Took 3 of us 4 hours to work that one out! Don`t know if it`s the same with your Mobo`s, but this was an ABit NF7v2.

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