Im also building a new machine. Selling my laptop for a desktop. The parts are in the mail but here are the specs. We'll see how My computer handles me handleing Maya. Gigabyte MOBO Black X-Dreamer ATX PC Case Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9200 Video Card, 256MB DDR Sony 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 512 MB DDR ram Should be done by the end of the week. I gotta go out and get a new monitor though. My laptops being sold on Ebay right now. Come on guys, I know you want it! https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=48485 Well there's the specs for my laptop.