I have an 8200 series with 1.8 gig CPU and Rambus memory.  Rambus memory is faster than DDR, but it is also much more expensive. You won't have as many choices for adding memory with Rambus as you will with DDR, and you won't spend as much money on DDR.  I haven't had any problems with it in the year since I got it.  I did install Goback 3.x so I wouldn't have to use Dell's customer service, which has become quite bad.


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>I am contemplating a new Dell PC to go along with the others I have. I have
>always had good success with Dell and would not hesitate to go back there.
>
>I am debating the merits of their 8200 vs. 4500 lines. The major difference,
>for those not Dell-aware, is that the 8200 series uses Rambus dual-channel
>RDRAM and the 4500 series uses DDR SDRAM.
>
>I am leaning to the latter since it should be more easily upgradeable if I
>want to increase memory in the future, but this may be a false argument.
>
>Does anyone have experience with either of these models, or for that matter
>can anyone advise re  the pros and cons of dual channel RDRAM vs. DDR SDRAM?
>


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