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1 gig of 3200 or 512 of 4200

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asg102

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Which one would you choose? Would it be better to get 512 at 4200 or just get 1 gig at 3200? Please think about bang for the buck type of thing :D (scroll down for computer specs)

If you know any other one please help :D

OCZ Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Revision 2 Limited Edition 240-Pin 512MB DDR2 PC2-4200
LINK: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=20-227-018&DEPA=1

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=20-145-450&DEPA=1

Geil Ultra Series Value Dual Channel 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Blue Heatspreader
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=20-144-310&DEPA=1

Computer specs:
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1x Cooler Master Wave Master Case without Power Supply
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-119-023[/url]

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1x  Cooler Master Cavalier 3 Silver/Blue ATX Mid-Tower Case With Side Window
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-058&depa=1[/url]

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2x Xper Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler with two 60mm Cooling Fan, SILVER
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-034[/url]

2x CoolerMaster Blue 80mm Neon LED Fan
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-051[/url]

1x COOLER MASTER Round, 18-Inch, Floppy drive cable, Booted, 2-Connector 	
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=12-103-302[/url]

2x COOLER MASTER ROUND, 18-Inch, ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=12-104-225[/url]
 
1x ABIT "IC7-G MAXII ADVANCE" i875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=13-127-152[/url]

1x BFG nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP	
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-143-020[/url]

1x Antec 480W Power Supply with Blue LED Fan
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=17-103-914[/url]

1x Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2 GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology 
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=19-116-165[/url]

2x Geil Value Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=20-144-305[/url]

1x NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=21-152-005[/url]

2x Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD360GD
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=22-144-200[/url]

1x Logitech Elite Keyboard USB/ PS/2 104keys 
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=23-126-114[/url]

1x Logitech Blue Performance Optical Mouse PS2/ USB
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=26-104-151[/url]

1x Lite-On Black 16X DVD-ROM, Model SOHD-167T
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-131-118[/url]

1x NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-152-032[/url]

1x Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum PCI Sound Card
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=29-102-163[/url]

1x Arctic Silver Premium Silver Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-100-007[/url]

1x Cooler Master JET 4 CPU FAN for Intel P4 478
LINK: [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-103-142[/url]
 
ocz won't work with your mobo becasue it is ddr2, geil ram the timing on that memory are terrible the best pick is corsair, Will you run in stock or try overclocking
 
I might try to overclock, I have never done it but I probly will plan to.
 
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