Hey guys Am looking forward to upgrade my own pc except mouse keyboard monitor and speakers I am currently on a super slow 1.80 GHZ intel with just 512 MB RAM .... I also have a Laptop that is soon going to go which i generally use for photoshop! Now am looking to upgrade this PC ... I am : A photoshop designer: From extra large outdoor stuff to simple stuff like proxy template i do everything ... so i need monster RAM A Programmer: PHP c/c++ java and general web stuff A Music freak: Already hve a creative sound card 8.1 with good speakers A bit of gamer: CS and FPS stuff usually ! also like to overclock cpu and ram ...... Now i am confused between 64 AMD or dual/quad core 32 intel ... i need atleast 2 GB of ram and MINIMUM 160 gig of HDD Actually thinking of 4 GB memory and 500 gig hdd ... depends on the budget! Now i like : AMD Phenomâ„¢ X4 Quad-Core 2.4 GHZ proceso. And looking for some good motherboard.. asus maybe just that i dont want some skyhigh price tag to everything just want a monster that can give awesome speeds on : 1) 300 DPi 20 X 20 FT photoshop designing [lol] 2) Overclocking capabilities 3) NO lag GTA 4 and Quake 4 4) stores my collection of music (currently around 100 gb in 2 months) 5) lets me do extreme multitask ! 6) Run UBUNTU server for home usage! [my pc is conencted to lan with some folks ... we design websites on local intranet and host a website mostly text] So guys PLEASE suggest me some good motherboards ram cpu graphic and a gaming mouse