I would appreciate some advice on moving up.... I have been using SuSE on our home systems since V7.x and although I worked in I.T. I am now semi- retired and haven't upgraded our systems for some years. Needless to say using older Celeron based systems can be extremely frustrating to say the least. We run our network 24/7 and operate our own mail server via a broadband connection, We have been using SuSE 9.2, and after getting the new hardware I intend to do a new install of SuSE 10.0 ,or 10.1 I have been doing a lot of reading, googling and general preparation for making the changes and will be building the system myself. I expect the changeover to have a dramatic improvement in speed and user pleasure, and I will do the diplomatic thing and replace my wife's system first. Wife's machine is used for the usual email, OpenOffice functions, surfing, card games etc. but she also wants to be able to work with her photo's. Presently she uses Digikam and is learning Gimp. So the graphics are important. I would appreciate any comments on the following to assist me with deciding the final configuration.. 1. I would like to move to an AMD 64 processor and gather that I can use the 64 bit version without any issues and that 32 bit programs will still run OK. is that correct? 2. I am going with a 939 socket m/b, my initial preference is Giga-Byte (eg GA-K8N Pro-SLI, GA-K8N-SLI) as I have had reliable service from three GB boards for over 5 years. . Tyan are out of my price range but I would be interested in other mid range suggestions that work reliably with SuSE. 3. The CPU I am considering is the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ or 3700+ San Diego, there is a reasonable price difference between these and a cache of 512 or 1mb. Would there be a significant difference with the 3700+ given the nature of the usage mentioned (photos). 4. I would install a minimum of 1Gb ram or should we look at 2Gb. 5. Where I would appreciate some advice is on the graphics side, graphic cards to date have only been an early Nvidea PCI with 64kb, and a later upgrade to an AGP ATI Radeon 9200 with 128Kb. What would be a reasonable choice for a graphics card to give her a real benefit in handling photos? I can't see the need for two SLI x16 cards, however given only a small difference in m/b pricing If there is scope for two Nvidea cards it wouldn't matter. 6. I am also looking at cases, we are in australia and our summers here can get quite warm so I am looking at effective cooling and quiet (no water systems thanks) with reasonable styling and installation with minimum screws. I am considering the Thermaltake Soprano, Silverstone TJ06 or an Antec case (without the side windows). Any comments and advice would be appreciated. John Any comments appreciated __________ This email has been delivered safely via the services of Internode.