planning new rig
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No offense but whats wrong with you lol. 3 gigs IMO is silly as id rather 2 gb's dual channel than 3 GB's and no dual channel. You probs wont use up 2 gig's, but then again i dont know what things you do and run. Thats my opinion, otherwise looks like a nice build. What monitor do you have? As id recommend the 320 mb version of the 8800 unless you have a big monitor 
thanks for your replies,
taylormsj,actualy i would probably just get 2 gig to start with and at a later date upgrade to another 2 gb....you can never have enough ram
and i do plan to play Crysis so i suppose it will be a very demanding game.
i want my new rig to last quite a while so thats why ive gone with Quad core rather than Dual core as i dont want to keep upgrading all the time
taylormsj,actualy i would probably just get 2 gig to start with and at a later date upgrade to another 2 gb....you can never have enough ram
and i do plan to play Crysis so i suppose it will be a very demanding game.
i want my new rig to last quite a while so thats why ive gone with Quad core rather than Dual core as i dont want to keep upgrading all the time
thanks for your replies,
taylormsj,actualy i would probably just get 2 gig to start with and at a later date upgrade to another 2 gb....you can never have enough ram
and i do plan to play Crysis so i suppose it will be a very demanding game.
i want my new rig to last quite a while so thats why ive gone with Quad core rather than Dual core as i dont want to keep upgrading all the time
Sounds like a very good plan
computermaineack
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No offense but whats wrong with you lol. 3 gigs IMO is silly as id rather 2 gb's dual channel than 3 GB's and no dual channel. You probs wont use up 2 gig's, but then again i dont know what things you do and run. Thats my opinion, otherwise looks like a nice build. What monitor do you have? As id recommend the 320 mb version of the 8800 unless you have a big monitor
Are you kidding me??? 3gb of RAM in single channel will out perform 2gb in dual channel any day of the week. Dual channel is over hyped, and when it comes down to it doesn't make a HUGE difference. Another gigabyte of RAM will deliver much more noticable speed increases vs less RAM in dual channel.
Also, getting a 8800GTS 640mb will not be a waste if you have a small monitor...in fact, it has nothing to do with it at all. The 640mb version will deliver much better graphics, no matter what resolution (or size) your monitor is. In addition, I'm pretty sure most 8800GTS 320 and 640mb can output video signals at the same resolution, so I'm not really sure why you're saying that he should get the 320mb version unless he has a big monitor.
But getting the better performance for 3GB, it would be better to have 2x1GB + 2x512MB...
Although the 8800GTS 640MB is better than the 320MB, the difference is not that much of significant enough to pay that extra money, IMO. So, Most ppl will feel if they cut down that extra 320MB and use it for upgrading the monitor is more value for money.
hermeslyre
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3Gb of RAM will only see better performance over 2 in dual channel if more than 2GB's are being used. If OP is only using 1100Mb of memory then the latter would be more effective. 
but I totally agree with what you are getting at, I'd rather have 3 gigs than 2 in DC anyday.
Also the 320Mb 8800gts is on par with the 640Mb at almost any resolution on any game out today, And I mean almost exactly the same. But that may not always be the case, Memory hungry games like crysis may be the turning point. I dunno, lol.
but I totally agree with what you are getting at, I'd rather have 3 gigs than 2 in DC anyday. Also the 320Mb 8800gts is on par with the 640Mb at almost any resolution on any game out today, And I mean almost exactly the same. But that may not always be the case, Memory hungry games like crysis may be the turning point. I dunno, lol.
