Hey, some of us are just lazy, not newbie. ;-) I upgrade my stuff, but if it's time to do a full processor upgrade, I just get a new machine and transfer the drives, etc. to it. I figure the cost of the CPU, motherboard, and research to get components that actually work together properly is almost as much as getting a Dell. And, if it doesn't work when I first hit the power button, I have some one else to yell at. (I'm also the one who's broken memory slots, inserted memory upside down despite the off-centered slots and had a friend insert a processor wrong so he fried the entire motherboard and CPU.) Congrats, Shanna! It's a great feeling to get your hands on the actual components, let alone get them all working.