So, my new system is slowly taking shape. I'm almost 100% certain that I'm going to get an AthlonXP-based system with a mobo running the nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset. Now I need to pick RAM to go with it. I'm looking for two sticks of 512 MB each.
I do not want to spend a lot on RAM, though I do want quality parts, and I want them to be as fast as possible. Is there any memory you guys can recommend that's as fast as Corsair's $320 matched pairs of CL2 PC3200, but more in the price range of Crucial's $125 sticks of CL3 PC3200? If you think Crucial's PC2700 CL2.5 sticks would work, too, that's cool.
I don't plan to overclock this system, but I'd like to keep the possibility opened, if that's possible.