A couple more questions

[shadowhawk2020]

I have this motherboard here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-167&depa=0

First question, after 1.5 years why is this motherboard still this expensive?

Also, RAM: 3x DIMM for DDR333/266 Max 3GB, 2x DIMM for DDR400,

Is there a big difference between the ddr333/266 and the ddr400? I would rather get the 333/266 so I can run 3 sticks(2 now and one later maybe) but if the 400 is ALOT better then I would go with the 2 on the 400 and just get bigger sticks if needed. What is your opinions?


Thanks
Shadow

 

[airfoil]

I would get DDR400 RAM to harness the capability of that chipset. Why would you want to use DDR333 and 3 slots? I suggest you plan ahead and buy enough DDR400 RAM to fit into those 2 slots from the very start.

 

[shadowhawk2020]

well this was almost 2 yeas ago and 512 wasn't bad...

 

[imported_miahallen]

That motherboard is still very expensive for one reason only "MCP-T" which is code for nVidea "Soundstorm" audio. Your link states that it uses an AC97 codec, but it does also have the Soundstorm chip. That audio chip is AWESOME!. It is the only reason that motherboard still costs what it does, that chip is capable of encoding 5.1 AC3 sound..."on the fly", in real-time.

Definitely go with the DDR400, hang on to your DDR333 for later...whenever you decide to build you next computer, take the DDR400 and use it in that, then put your DDR333 back into this motherboard and us it as a second machine. That's the nice think about DDR400, is if you buy a "2-channel" kit (two matching 512MB DIMMS) it'll be 100% compatible with a socket 939 system whenever you decide to upgrade.

miahallen