until recently i was a console freak, i had a ps2, gc, 2xds, + a psp, until i bought this pc im using for £80. its specs when i got it were: amd athlon 64 3000+ cpu, asrock k8 upgrade vm800 motherboard, 1x 256mb elixir ddr400 pc3200 184 pin ram, 1x 17gb wd170aa hard drive, 2x cd/dvd rewriters (nec + toshiba) 1 of which is dual layer, it also has a floppy disk drive. it came in a grey + silver case with 2 lights 1x red 1xblue on top of the tower. it has 8x usb 2.0( 2 on top, + 6 at the back, it also has a little door on the side that says usb on it, but when you open it there is nothing in it but space for 2 more usb ). !!!!sorry this is so long but please bear with me!!!! i have since bought a samsung sp2504c 250gb 8mb hard drive(£75), harman/kardon soundsticks II(£140) speeze ee-hd01 hard drive cooler with 2 fans(£8), 17in flatscreen tft monitor(£100), usb mouse(£5), belkin serial ata cables that go under black light(£12), logitech quickcam express webcam(£20) + a convertor that plugs into usb + lets me plug in a ps2 control pad(£10).!!!!almost finished!!!! the upgrades i want to make are:asus a8n sli premium socket 939 nvidia nforce4 sli atx motherboard(£?), 4x corsair 512mb ddr400 pc3200 ram(£?), amd athlon 64 x2 4600+ manchester 2000mhz ht2 x512kb l2 cache socket 939 dual core cpu(£?), 2x nvidia geforce 7600gt in sli formation(about £300), lg gsa h10n dual layer drive with nero6(£45), creative sound blaster audigy 2 zs 24bit 192khz 7.1 channel pci soundcard(about£50), silver power sp-400p1b 400w psu with 4x sats plugs + 2 pci express graphics card plugs(about£50), westerndigital wd 15000ahfd raptorx 150gb 16mb cache hdd. i dont know if it was a waste of money buying this pc in the first place since i will be upgrading with all the parts mentioned. i dont really know what to do when i have all the parts mentioned, whether to replace everything in my computer with them or buy a gaming case, put the parts in that + give this one to the kids..!!!!at last!!!! if anyone can help me they will be doing me a huge favour + it is very much appreciated... thank you very much for reading this + hopefully your help