Dude... I'm getting a Dell...

[Hammer]

Hammer. how much is this "Dell" going to cost you? give us the specs and what name brand parts are in it. you can build it cheaper with better parts.

SRV,
I'm an IS guy, and as I said before, I've built all of my previous 4 systems. To be honest, I do this stuff for a living, and the last thing I want to think about when I get home is a computer.

I know its quite a bit cheaper to do it yourself, especially if you go with an a non-Intel processor.

At this point, just get the system to me in working order with a warranty, and make it fast...

Basic specs are:

Intel P4 @ 2 GHz
512 MB RDRAM
60 Gig HD
Optical mouse
standard keyboard
4 USB ports
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (Cable Modem)
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital Sound Card
Harman Kardon HK-395 Speakers with Subwoofer
48x Max CD-ROM Drive
Win XP
17 inch flat screen monitor
64MB DDR NVIDIA_ GeForce4 MX™ Graphics Card with TV-Out

Shipped to my door including shipping\handling\taxes for $1,200

I'll be transferring my CD-R and my HD from my old unit and I never use DVD on the computer as I have the big screen downstairs, so I didn't opt for those extra CD additions.

I wanted to get the new ATI Radeon 128 MB video card option, but the addition was a little pricey... I think I'll wait 2 months and watch the price go down to half in the local CompUSA...