I need the LAN, I have a LIVE! sound card(would this be better than the built in sound on the epox?), I'll be using a GF2 until I can afford a GF4 or 9700, I will start out with 256 megs of ram, upgrade to 512 later, I'll be using a 40 gb hd, until I need more, hmm, what else... two cd drives...