KM2M - RAM & Video card...?

Hey I have KM2M series motherboard (via km266 if that helps) and i'm looking to upgrade RAM and video card.
I'm looking at 512MB of pc3200 ddr400 memory, but I see that the motherboard likes 2100. If I use 3200 or even 2700 will the RAM clock down to the required speed? Basically, will I be screwed if I buy 3200 or 2700, or should I just buy 2100? I've seen posts where people have had trouble with 2700 and 3200 but could that be that the RAM wasn't the exact same (brand)? Please advise what I should buy that will work...
Second question: I'm looking at getting a Radeon 9600SE card (it's cheap and has a fan onboard), but i'm just worried about power issues. My power supply is 300watt, will that do for what I need?
Thanks in advanced!

My old pc had that motherboard (KM2M), well it's a very good board, but it doesn't have what you're looking for: great specifications.
1.Ram: you can use PC 3200, but this card only suppports PC 2100 (133 FSB), I was using PC 2700 but I was doing overclocking: FSB 150, so the Ram worked ok, because it was supposed to work at 166 Mhz. So you can get more Ram, but knowing that this board it's not goin to use the additional speed. And yes the RAM will clock down to the required speed. Kingstom are ok, and also Samsumg, Crucial or Corsair.
2.Vid card: Yo should really think about upgrading your mobo if you are going to buy a high end video card (9600, well it's SE version, but it's a 8 x card), so this board doesn't support AGP 8x, it supports only 4x, so, you can use it aldo, but you're not going to obtain what you from a card like this (I was using a Geforce 3 Ti 200 and it was really fine: 4x).
So, another problem is your PSU: 300 w it's obviosly very weak for those high end devices: PC 3200 and Ati 9600. So you could try changing the whole thing: motherboard, PSU, vid card, and RAM: only if you have the budget and if you want to obtain a high end PC.
It's up to you!
And also if you're not going to change te PSU please publish the PSU sepecs: +12v=12a
+3.3=20a

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