Bill,
I can't see any computer to be "dream machine" in four or five years time.
However, if you can wait a while, the following will drive you few years.

AMD K7-650
256M RAM
nVidia NV10 Video card
a big harddisk (say 13G)
DVD drive

I have used Aopen case, it's pretty good.

J Qian

Bill Aguero wrote:

> I would like to get a very personal opinion on what would be the dream
> machine, a system good for almost everything something that I can use for
> the next four or five years with no problems on compatibility or performance
>
> This is what I have in mind :
>
> Asus MoBo P2B-F or P3B-F
> Intel P III 450 mhz
> Samsung SDRAM PC 100 ECC 64 MB or 128 MB
> Diamond V7700  TNT2 32 MB
> HD Maxtor  UDMA 6.4
> Mitsumi CDRom 32X
> Sound Blaster Live Value
> USR modem fax/voice 56K v90
> Monitor Princeton EO900
> Benwin Flat Speakers
>
> Also I need some advice on choosing the case (Brand and model)

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