Buying a new mobo, questions.

Thinking of buying a Gigabyte 8ipe1000g. A few questions:

• Can dual channel boards run with one stick of RAM? Can this board?
• Is a 478-pin P4 Northwood A going to run in it?
• Can SATA be disabled in the BIOS?
• What's the BIOS like? Overclockable? Option city?

Thanks

Had similar questions about the same board, also wondering if the RAM is backwards compatable? I have a gig of PC2700 here, and I'd hate it to go to waste if this board HAS to have 3200.

You can not run dual channel with 1 stick of RAM. P4A should run in it. I do not have this machine, but I would make the assumption you could disable the SATA in the bios.

I am sure you can overclock it. It's a P4.

As for the 3200 -> 2700 mem speed. You never NEED to match the bus speed. Your machine will not hit maximum performance, but we are talking about RAM. There will not be a noticable difference. Your PI calcs will prolly be off by 1-3s.

If you have a mobo which supports up to 3200 you can use anything below it. However, there is some 'cheap' RAM, which at times, mobos will not work with. The manufacturer _usually_ has information on which RAM modules work with their hardware.

Thanks for the info, the 2700 I have here are 2 512mb sticks of Kingston. So I should be okay, if not, 3200 is cheap enough right now