looks good to me Robin! and I've configured many a Dell for my own customers and on my job. a couple of things I would upgrade - the modem, go for a hardware based modem if you are on dial up rather than one that will depend on your operating system. the NIC - I have never trusted on board NICs and would upgrade to a PCI one. I don't see the neccessity for Word Perfect if you have a licensed copy of Office 2K... and I sincerely doubt that you would notice much difference between the processors for that kind of money! good luck! ~s To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk