Vericima wrote If it's just going to ba an internet machine, why not go bargain basement at Newegg like a nice P4 /w HT or an AMD64? Also I recommend Zalman for quiet cooling. Even if it does have a fan, like a CPU cooler, the fans are uber quiet.

That's a possibility. I generally am of the mindset to shoot as high as possible, to stave off obsolensence for as long as possible. But, considering the real world use, even something like you suggest would serve this purpose for quite some time. On the other hand, I hate to miss an opportunity to build as powerful a machine as possible for it's other intended purpose, crunching for me, which is compensation for all of the tech and software support that I have been providing, and am certain to continue providing, lol.