Thanks for the feedback,

Some points I probably should have included in my original post...

I already have a 19" LG995e studio works monitor, which i will use in the
new system.
I had thought of a dual monitor system but at the moment cant afford to buy
another monitor as well as the system, but I can add it in later if it
seems relevant.

I will look at win 2000 but I dont think it will run my pre existing
scanner and printer... I'll have to check. (what is the main reason for
choosing 2000 over ME?)

Scanner is: HP Scanjet 5370c (USB)
Printer is: Epson Stylus Photo 870 (USB)

One reason I didnt think a larger HDD was necessary is that I use removable
HDD drawers and already have 2 20gig disks. Also the thought
of  scandisking/viruschecking/defraging a  40/60/80 gig HDD ...YUK!  Having
said that I will probably go to a 40 gig and partition it.

I'll be running latest versions (probably) of photoshop and dreamweaver, I
frequently have open, multiple windows of, photoshop, dreamweaver, IE,
Netscape, Irfanview, scanner software, powerdesk, etc etc all at once.  My
AMD 450 does the job but does struggle (and sometimes crash).

Thanks again
Leigh Jennings
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>Im finally getting a new system
>It will be used primarily for high end graphics, web design etc and some
>gaming.  Below are the specs I am considering,  I would apreciate any
>comments on the combination Im looking at, is there anything you would add
>or change? any percieved conflicts?:
>
>
>*MOBO:  ASUS A7M266 (socketA)
>Chip:           AMD 1.333 Gig 266
>RAM:            256 meg DDR PC2100
>HDD:            Western Digital 20 gig (7200)
>Fdd
>Video:          64 meg Geforce GTS DDR
>Sound:  Creative Live PCI
>Modem:  Netcomm external (serial or usb ???)
>DVD:            Hitachi 12x
>CDR/RW: Ricoh 32/8/8 ide kit
>OS:             Win ME
>
>
>* I am considering a different ASUS MOBO that can run 6 (I think) rather
>than 4 drives, but I havent got the specs or price for it yet.
>The shop has said that 500 meg of the DDR ram would be total overkill, what
>are your thoughts on that?

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