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MPS
Good luck with the board and those kick ass SCSI drives!
Alan
"MPS" <MPS1970nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Not egghead but NEWEGG sorry
>
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-240&depa=0
>
> MPS <MPS1970nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Alan,
> >Egghead has it for $355 with free shipping, I ordered it along with that
> >memory, plus a P4 3.0GHz prescott and a ATI radeon 9600XT 128mb 8X with
TV tuner
> >total came to $1201 not too bad when I think back to getting a 486 MB
with chip
> >no memory for a cool $1600 plus $700 for memory and another $500 for a
SCSI
> >card. I have all the SCSI drives so may not upgrade those unless I can
get a
> >good deal someplace. I still hope that they will allow for the faster
memory
> >with a bios upgrade in the future. I have a Thermaltake case with a 520
watt PS
> >so should have it up and running soon after it arrives -- well I hope I
do as I
> >have seen some people have had problems with the GA-8KNXP.
> >
> >Myles
> >
> >
> >"Alan Guest" <alan.guest1@virgin.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Myles I don't think this board needs such high spec memory. Save some
money
> >>and get good quality Corsair DDR 400 stuff. This board will not have
great
> >>over clocking potential if it's anything like my GA-8KNXP rev 2.0 board.
The
> >>on board Adaptec dual chanel U320 SCSI looks very tempting. How much is
it ?
> >>
> >>Alan
> >>"MPS" <MPS1970nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:ip0890ll9545urapsthpd7cvbp62ns1jkr@4ax.com...
> >>> I ordering a new motherboard GA-8KNXP ultra-64 with a 3.0GHx prescott
P4.
> >>> Giga-Byte says it supports DDR memory up to 400 will I wast money if I
use
> >>> Kingston HyperX Series Dual Kits 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-4000,
which
> >>is
> >>> DDR500? I would like to get this memory as long as it will run without
any
> >>> problems. I have a feeling that they will soon upgrade the BIOS on
all
> >>8KNXP's
> >>> to support the faster DDR memory.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Myles
> >>
>