Not necessarily better, but lighter weight, less expensive and generally effective enough for anyone short of a very high powered gamer. Don cristy wrote: Thanks Don, That is very helpful advise. I hope to have some time this weekend to really go at it and try to narrow down components.I dontknow what this is: dual video adapter array. So then a premium fan and heatsink is better than extra cooling fans or liquid cooling systems and willweigh less? I had wondered how much of a power supply to get, so at least600 watts. I also meant to ask about noise, really dont want a noisey monster of a computer. I probably would upgrade the video card somewhat and am thinking at least 4 mg of memory. But I have to see what this will all cost along with purchasing Operating system. At the ibuy site, I need to see which one looks like a midtower. christy --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------