Hi I'm outlining what I need to upgrade my current (very failthful) system to a nice and speedy new PII or PIII (if the budget can stretch that far (-: ) I would greatly appreciate it if you would add anything to my list that you think I should look for in these compnents. Also what options do I have has regard to HD protocols I am currently using EIDE. What is the best RAM to get ? is it SDRAM ? and what speed should it run at ? **Current System** (+/- 3yrs old) Pentium 100mhz 32MB RAM (Non-Parity) 1mb Trident Graphics Card 1 Gig Western Digital EIDE HD Generic 3-button Mouse 8x CD-Rom 15" Monitor **System is used for** Email Browsing the Web Newsgroups Heavy 2D graphics work (Web Design and some Print using Corel Draw 8) Occasional Gaming Programming Multimedia I've made a list of the components I plan to buy and what they should support/include I have not listed any brand names here, but I'm happy for you to suggest brands for particular items (but no Coke is better than Pepsi wars plz) ------------------------------------------- [+] => "Or Greater/Better" *MotherBoard* -Slot One -100mhz BUS [+] -USB -x2 AGP -PIII Support *CPU* -PII 400mhz [+] or -PII 450 [+] *Hard Drive* -6Gig [+] *2D Graphics Card* -Support 1200x1600 -Support 32bit Colour -4mb on-board memory [+] *Sound Card* -3D Surround Sound *Mouse* -Scrolling wheel -Comfortable -Reliable ---------------------------------------- I am keen to buy components that will be upgradable ...I don't want to have to do a complete system overall again Thank You Cheers Kevin Hains _________________ Cape Town South Africa PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>