Rob,

        Without doing the full breakdown for you, I will first make a
recommendation and then tell you why.

        For performance and price, I would go with An AMD Athlon/T-Bird system.
They are the best "Bang for your buck". The Intel Systems of the same
equivalent (Pentium III-IV/) usually cost double the cost of the AMD, and
perform at the same rate or even SLIGHTLY lower.

        For a good explanation of the differences, check out
http://www.tomshardware.com.

Denis

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