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Hey Robert, I'm also pricing systems and components in anticipation of max. I've got NT up and running but plan to buy a new box for MAX. Looking at your list I'm glad to see SCSI drives and controllers, however I did not see fast wide scsi, which is what I'm looking at. In particular the Adaptec 2940w. The people I've been talking to say that it is a great controller and I beleive that NT ships with the proper drivers for it. Also you said you were looking at a 1.2 gig drive. My research shows for the money a 4 gig scsi drive is the best bang for the buck. I particularly like the micropolis line of drives. Iknow there were problems with heat on the 1.7 gig drive for the PAR, but the new scsi drives have been reported to be quite nice. I would also look at 64 megs of ram if possible, I know it is expensive, but will be worth it once you have large project files in MAX. Also I would suggest a Micronics or Supermicro motherboard with the Intel chipsets. Don't skimp on the mobo, drive and controller…it's the heart of the system and buying quality here will pay dividends in total throughput! Beleive me I skimped once…..never again! The hardest decision for me is going to be which video adapter to buy. To Glint or not to Glint….that is the question. With HEIDI I'm wondering if I can get a good quality…say….4 meg vram/dram card and still have a nice shaded interface in MAX…..that way I can pump the dollars into the mobo, ram, hd controller and hd. Anyone else's thoughts would be greatly appreciated……….<jir>