"Devast8or" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I wanna buy this board
http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A7V8X-X&langs=01
(an A7V8X-X), but RAM should I get for it?

As far as I can see PC1600 and PC2100 should be any problem, no matter how
I
do it. PC3200 would work if I only use two banks (Do I _have_ to use two
banks, or is one fine?). But what about PC2700? It says "PC2700 Max to 4
banks only", but the board only has three mem banks.

I'm confuzzled. What RAM should I buy for this board?

Adding to what Paul says, it is important that your RAM is good enough to
run at same frequency as the FSB.
If your CPU has 333MHz FSB, you should get PC2700 or better. For FSB=400MHz,
buy PC3200.
There is no problem buying better ram, let´s say PC3200 and run it at lower
speed, f.ex 333MHz as is PC2700 spec.
The limits with banks etc mentioned above do not apply to the RAM spec
exactly, it applies to the frequency the RAM is actually run at.
That means that you can still run 2 double-sided PC3200-modules at
PC2700-speed, or 1 at PC3200-speed. And last, if you´re lucky you can even
push more than the suggested in, but Asus does not recommend it.