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Thanks folks. I went with a WD Raptor (10k) SATA 150.

One quick follow-up before I purchase the RAM. How do I know if my motherboard supports dual-channel RAM? Here is the motherboard specifications... HP and Compaq Desktop PCs*-* Motherboard Specifications, A8M2N-LA (Nodus)* It says this... Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Supports PC...

Thank you for the reply. Very informative. I'm probably better off jumping to 4 gigs at 4200 rather and ditching the current 2 gigs at 4200 and buying 2 new gigs at 8500? i.e. 4 gigs of 4200 is probably better than 2 gigs at 8500 correct?

This is my system... HP Pavilion Media Center TV M7750n (Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 400 GB HDD) Specs. Desktops Specifications. I currently have this harddrive... Hard Drive 1 x400 GB - Standard - Serial ATA-150 - 7200 rpm I'm looking to purchase a SATA-300 drive...

Hi folks, This is the system I currently have... HP Pavilion Media Center TV M7750n (Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 400 GB HDD) Specs. Desktops Specifications. Specifically, this is the RAM currently in the system... RAMInstalled Size 2 GB / 4 GB(max) Technology DDR II...

I want to clarify that the 512 that was in there was dual channel. So all my RAM will be dual channel. Do I still need to leave out the 512 to take advantage of the dual channel? Thanks. BTW: I don't do gaming anymore (no time, I wish) but I do have a bad habit of opening dozens of apps at once.

Cool. I just bought 1 gig DDR 400 dual channel (2x512). Question: Can I leave in the 512 meg (2x256) or do I have to take it out (something about you can only have intervals X2, ie. 64,128,256,512,1024, etc...)

I currently have two 256 meg chips in my computer. I have two slots empty. I'm looking to put another 512 chip in. The current chips say PC400 on them. I think that means they are DDR 400 megahertz. My motherboard has an 800 mhz system bus so I think the RAM is dual channel to take advantage of...