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Cages · January 6th, 2009, 02:38 AM

Hi, I need some help I've only have a hundred dollars to spend and. I'm confused on what ram to get. I mean is too much ram a bad thing? Should I go with 400Mhz, 533 MHz, 667MHZ, 800MHZ or 1066? How much ram should I get? Is it possible to buy 1 stick and than buy the same stick again to upgrade? Would it be better if I used an ATI 3870 over a Nvidia 9600GT? Since this is a MicroATX motherboard, can I use an ATX power supply?

This is what I own so far.

OS: Windows XP 32bit
Mother Board: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
Processor: AMD Anthlon 64X2 6400+
Big cooling device for processor glued onto procesor
Video card: EVGA 9600GT
Regular DVD Drive
300 GB Seagate sata hard drive

If I can get this thing up and runnin for under a $100 I would be very much obliged.

January 6th, 2009, 02:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cages Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 12	Help building a system. Hi, I need some help I've only have a hundred dollars to spend and. I'm confused on what ram to get. I mean is too much ram a bad thing? Should I go with 400Mhz, 533 MHz, 667MHZ, 800MHZ or 1066? How much ram should I get? Is it possible to buy 1 stick and than buy the same stick again to upgrade? Would it be better if I used an ATI 3870 over a Nvidia 9600GT? Since this is a MicroATX motherboard, can I use an ATX power supply? This is what I own so far. OS: Windows XP 32bit Mother Board: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Processor: AMD Anthlon 64X2 6400+ Big cooling device for processor glued onto procesor Video card: EVGA 9600GT Regular DVD Drive 300 GB Seagate sata hard drive If I can get this thing up and runnin for under a $100 I would be very much obliged.