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    Upgrade Advice

    I am in the market for an upgrade and would like some advice. I have the following system in mind:

    Athlon64 3500
    Asus A8V Deluxe (Socket 939) Wireless Edition Motherboard
    XFX GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI
    Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache
    Viewsonic VX910 X Series 19" TFT Monitor
    Akasa Eclipse-62 Aluminum Case
    Plextor PX-712A 12x4x DVDRW (Black) ReWriter
    Plextor PX-116A 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black)

    I am pretty much decided on the above and unless somebody here really points me in the way of a bad review I will be ordering it thursday.

    Now, the hard question. RAM?

    Which one out of the following?
    Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2
    GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Ultra-X CAS2

    Can you please give me some advice on wether any of the components listed are not suitable or not good enough?

    I thank you for your time!

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    Looks like a pretty awesome system. I'd have an NEC 3500 or Pioneer 108 as my DVDRW though.

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    Any particular reason for changing the drive? I have read in a number of reviews that the plextor is good.

    What about the RAM?

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    Both Geil & Corsair are good. I can vouch for Corsair as being awesome stuff. Have never used Geil but it's generally highly regarded.
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