just a thought, it sure is nice to have a dvd burner for backing up all your poser, bryce, vue and everything else, rather than searching through countless cd's. It makes finding and organizing much easier...sure interested in how much that ultimate system is gonna cost, I'll get my dream system one day :) I'm terrified to even open my computer up and look inside, that's why i got an external dvd burner(backpack-works great and fast with usb2)