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The Nforce2 chipset rocks. Does your BIOS show "Dual Channel Mode" when POSTing? The old BIOS for this board did not, but I flashed the newest one, et voila! There it was. Nice to know the feature is actually working, ya know!

The Truepower 430 is an excellent PSU, as well. Do you know if one can buy the "TrueControl" controller piece separate, and add it to the Truepower series (it certainly has the jack on the back, and is I believe the same physical PSU as the TrueControl series)?

I tried a Thermaltake Volcano, but it was SO much louder (and constantly changing speeds, which sounded good on paper, but eventually became bothersome) than the Aeroflow TMD that I ended up switching back. After trying some others, I've decided, without question, this is THE BEST "cooling/noise ratio" cooler I've ever seen, by far.

If you ever need another, I HIGHLY recommend it :)

The ATI was definitely a lot of trial and error (and $$$ in upgrades to various components - its a voltage hog, thats for sure) to get running right, I must admit. But now that I've got it dialed in, it's an absolutely SMOKING card, esp. at high resolutions with AA/AiF cranked up. It was worth the effort ...