I've decided to use part of my tax return to upgrade my ancient desktop. I started researching, but realized that I haven't been paying attention to the hardware market for quite a while and I'm lost. My current machine; processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 930.242 cache size : 256 KB bogomips : 1862.02 with 512M of RAM in two DIMMs of unknown type, and a 3dfx Voodoo video card I also have a P4 machine with a bad MB, slot type unknown. My plan is to buy a MB/CPU and a modern OpenGL compatible video card. I'll reuse my current memory and HDs using the P4's case and PS. I've got a budget of about $200. The machine is a basic desktop, running KDE. The processor-intensive task that I do most often is video re-encoding and very basic video editing. I have a 19" CRT that I may decide to use, so a video card capable of higher resolutions is desired. Please point me in a direction. Thanks Mark