bistro and jdc2000--
Many thanks.
Your posts came in while I was typing the response to SuperSparks. Some of your issues have been replied to in my response to him. (There is no budget and I am unclear whether I need a graphics card if I get the Intel i series.) I question whether I will need more than an i5, but convince me. Do I purchase the motherboard separately from the CPU? What about the chipset?