a couple of questions

[GSXR1000]

I was curious about the differences between the A7N8X Deluxe and the A7N8X-E Deluxe. Ill probly get a 2500+ with it and i saw newegg has a special on Corsair XMS memory 512MB. Is that a good deal or would anyone recommend a different brand to go with that combo. Ill probly overclock a little bit and possibly add another 512MB of memory in the future.

[Kyle]

AHHHHHH What happend to newegg?!?!?!?!?

That's what i get for not visiting them for 3days...

Anyway after much comparison here is the only real differences I found:
A7N8X Deluxe:
Max. FSB: 400MHz
No Wireless Lan

A7N8X-E Deluxe:
Max. FSB: 800MHz
Wireless Lan Onboard

Looks like some differences in the "special features" and "OCing features" section.

The A7N8X-E is new and for a few extra bucks why not. I also have XMS RAM and love it.

Gotta learn NewEgg all over again...
Kyler1

[GSXR1000]

Thanks Kyler...its nice to be able to come here and get help from people who know a lot more about computers than i do. I ordered the e model and the proc...but still debating on memory. THey still have the Corsair XMS on sale. But i was also looking at the Kingston HyperX pc3500 thats on sale. I always hear good and bad things about both brands. Plus would i notice that much of a difference between the 3200 and the 3500 with that board and proc?

[Kyle]

Well the chip is going to run at 333MHz FSB, so unless you OC the RAM the fastest ANY ram will run is 333MHz (PC2700). You can get the PC3200 or even 3500 but it will clock down to PC2700 speeds unless you get a faster chip to take advantage of that, or overclock. As for the brand I love Corsair as some great high end RAM but (if money is a factor) you can get GEIL for way cheaper, i know many OCers that stand by it.

[EDIT]

In your board description it says highest RAM supported is DDR400(PC3200). Whether or not the PC3500 would run on it I'm not sure.

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Kyler1

[TrevGlas]

Geil is great RAM.... Geil and Corsair are the way to go.