Dual Channel DDR Vs. DDR Memory, etc.

So I'm in the process of upgrading again and was hoping to add a little more memory to my system.  With all the different types of memory out there it starts to become a little confusing as to how much bang your going to get for your buck and the pitfalls of marketing  ?( .  Currently i'm looking into Dual Channel DDR since this is the new craze.  I currently have 1 512MB stick of PC3200 DDR memory that I plan on replacing with 1GB (2) sticks of Dual Channel DDR PC3700 or PC4000.  The difference is 60 bucks and I'm wondering...is it worth the extra cash for PC4000?  It's Corsair memory which I currently have never had problems with but it is a little pricier than the generic memory out there.  
Is it possible that the only reason to do something like this would be overclocking or is my system going to use the full extent I give it (Or am I putting myself in line so that my memory will be able to support future cpu, etc. upgrades).  My specs are below, feel free to ask questions.  I appreciate any replies in advance.  )  
Thanks again,
-MaD

Quote
Originally posted by Assaf
With both sticks in the same channel your not using dual channel.
A bios update could fix the RAM compatability problem.
So i\'ve been getting alot of crashes since i purchased this board but more so when I installed the new memory.  This last round produced another error message that was logged with microsofts OCR tool.  The debug information was submitted and handed back as a memory problem.  I downloaded their DOS memory tool to test memory and tried the motherboard with a bunch of different configurations.  Here\'s what I found:
4 different sticks of memory at any configuration produced Failures on WMATS+, WINVC and would eventually lockup the system.
I went to the processor....
3 different processors all generated failures with any of the same memory configurations.  
I tested all memory sticks in a different system with no failure.  It ran 5 passes and even an extended test without failure.
I disconnected my drives from the MB (currently running disk striping on IDE 3, not sure if that is even effective since they are both on the same ide channel.  What's up with only one?? and 2 for SATA) and ran the same tests with the memory and none have failed.  If i connect the drives and turn of the RAID bios once again all tests + extended pass.
So leads to my question...How do I fix this?  I was running a Soyo P4X400 before with Disk striping on two seperate channels and I wanted to bring that same performance to this board.  Not sure though if i\'m getting that though...let alone the current problem it has with memory when it\'s enabled.
Any help is appreciated, I dont mind being the Gunnuie pig if it helps other people in the process.  I\'m just happy i dont have bad RAM, CPU, and possible the board.   )

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