I'd recommend a few little changes, which will keep the compter at about the same price.

• Use DDR2-667 instead of DDR2-800. 3D programs hardly profit from the faster RAM (we're talking 1%-3% performance gain here). Saves you $54

• Spend those $54 on a faster CPU: Athon 64 AM2 x2 4200+. 3D programs WILL benefit from the faster CPU.

I also would have recommended exchanging the 7950 GT for a 7900 GT (saves about $60-$80) and spend those dollars on a faster CPU (Athlon64x2 4600+) but Puget doesn't seem to carry 7900GT graphics cards. 

If you can afford it, I'd definitely recommend going for a faster CPU, a 4600 or 5000.

As for the monitor, a 1440x900 widescreen seems nice. But....
for many graphics and 3D programs a dual monitor setup is nothing short of ideal. I have 2 19" 1280x1024 LCD screens hooked up to my main workstation, and it's perfect for Poser and Photoshop - one screen contains the full scene/image, the other contains the toolsets.
If you're considering a dual monitor setup (don't know if you've got the desk space for that!) maybe non-widescreen is easier to work with. 
One of the drawbacks of the widescreen is the relatively low vertical resolution. Long menus, such as the Poser body part lists, will disappear offscreen.

The mainboard has an nForce430 chipset. There's a Windowx XP 64 bit driver for that chipset, so if you plan to do 64bit in the near future, you're all set. 
My personal experiences with Windows XP 64 bit are very positive. All programs I run on it (Poser 6/7, Vue 5 Infinite, Vue 6 Infinite 64 bit, Photoshop, UVMapper, 3D Studio Max 6) work out of the box as they should.

Hope this helps and doesn't confuse you any further,

Steven.

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