1st i apologize as i cant see a specific sub forum for this post i want to be able to play the resource hungry h.264 codec and VC1 . Here below are the specs for a new PC i will be purchasing soon , can anyone please advise me as to whether these will be enough to smoothly handle that load , my present PC , AMD 2600+ , 1.5 gig DDR mem , ATI radeon 9550 stutters and freezes while attempting the task . New specs CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 1.86Ghz E6300 2MB Cache/1066FSB MOTHERBOARD GigaabyteGigabyte 965P-DS3 P965 1066Mhz,4DDR2,PCIEx16, 6USB2.0, Autio/LAN, RAID MEMORY 2 one GB sticks of DDR2800 Memory (PC-6400) VIDEO CARD Nvidia GF 8800GTS 320MB DDR3, PCI-EX16 w/TV + Dual Dvi HARD DRIVE Seagate 320GB S-ATA ,7200RPM, 16MB Cache All help appreciated Cheers