A couple of things I didn't mention,
Memory is DDR2 and, at present, I'm leaning toward either a GForce 8800 or  
9800 512MB PCIe (possibly eventually two of them).
 
In a message dated 3/21/2008 11:08:31 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
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I am  looking at memory for my next build. My motherboard (Elitegroup  
G31T-M)  
has two slots for a total of 4gig so I'm looking at dual 2gig 800  MHz,  pc 
6400 sets. The prices aren't different enough to effect my  choice based on  
cost 
but I see cas latency ranging from 4 to 7 and a  wide variety of timing  
specs. I don't have much of an understanding  of these ratings so I'm hoping 
to  get 
some insight into what would  be best for a computer running xp (I'm thinking 
 
of using 64 bit)  used for gaming, video editing and 3-D Cad. Also eventually 
 
plan to  install software for learning CGI production.
This mobo supports a wide  variety of processors and though I will  start 
with a dual core P4,  it will eventually upgrade to quad core.

TIA
-Phil  Williams-







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