Hope that was helpful.
Incredibly so, thanks

I spent a better part of today looking at setups and reading on newegg (I'm glad it fell in line with your suggestion, honestly I was only looking at their site because I could navigate much easier..heh). Here is my first draft of a system...please, thoughts, suggestions, criticisms.


ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A3T OEM - OEM
Item #: N82E16827135151
($18.99 each)

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145440
($54.99 each)
already thinking of upping this to 2g(2x1gb)

EXCELSTOR Jupiter Series ESJ8080S 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822210003
($36.99 each)

Hanns·G HW-173DBB Black 17" 8ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824254018
($149.99 each)

ECS RS482-M754 A 3200+ AMD Athlon 3200+ 754 ATI RS482 Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo - Retail
Item #: N82E16813135058
($69.99 each)

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116056
($88.99 each)
Would it just be worth it to go to Vista??

EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130085
($114.99 each)

COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817171016
Combo'ed with case listed below.

COOLER MASTER Centurion 541 RC-541-SKN1 Black Aluminumm bezel, SECC chassis MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119088
($99.98 each)

Sub Total: ~$655.91 (Does not include s/h, there are also a few parts that I can get as combos for less than they are listed..I think I posted the combo price here; but my wish-list does not list them as combos which is what I used for the sub-total :-P)[/quote]