Yep, upgrading after 4! (four) years with a trusty p3 450 mhz 32 mb vid. (I saw the end of fs98 on it, hated fs7, unable fs8)I'm keeping the hdd which is still up and running at 7200 rpm and also the cdrom still speedy enough. No need for a new monitor; the 22" IIyama visionmaster still does the job.And now in the same old case a brand new asus a7v8x-x mobo holding an amd 2.6 cpu with a HUGHE heatsink/fan...512mb ddr to start with...and an asus v9520 mt fx5200 128mb agp.To manage all this power a new power supply 350w (was 250). All this set me back just 387 euro, fs9 not included :-) Not bad if I may say so..

Hi there,I agree - knowing how to operate a screwdriver and replacing the parts individually, rather than buying a whole new computer, makes upgrading very affordable all of a sudden :). My current rig cost me around $1200CDN, which bought me the following: Asus A7N8X motherboard, ATI 9700 Pro, AMD XP3000+, 1GB Kingston PC2700RAM, WD 120GB HD w/8MB cache, Enermax 460W PS, and some case. Cheers,Gosta.http://hifi.avsim.net/activesky/images/wxrebeta.jpg