Please, opinions, suggestions and what-not would be very helping before I make this investment in 2-weeks. This is mainly going to be a workstation for me to produce worlds, levels and maps for RPG''s, FPS''ers and RTS''s. (1) Soyo SY-P4X400 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition Motherboard - $150 (1) Intel 2.53GHz Pentium 4 CPU - $190 (1) ATI FireGL8800 Video Card- $350 (1) 1GB Crucial DDR PC2700 RAM (2 sticks of 512MB each) - $160 (1) 20GB Maxtor ATA-133 7200rpm HDD- $75 (1) 80GB Maxtor ATA-133 7200rpm HDD - $115 (1) 100GB Western Digital ATA-100 7200rpm HDD - $135 (1) Chieftec Matrix MA-01SLD Full Tower Case- $70 (1) Enermax EG465-VE 431W Power Supply - $95 (6) Vantec Stealth 80mm Double Ball Bearing Case Fans - $60 (1) Vantec Stealth 92mm Double Ball Bearing Case Fan - $10 (1) Zalman CNPS6500B-AlCu P4 CPU Heatsink and Fan/Bracket - $40 (1) Zalman ZM-NB32J Northbridge Chipset Cooler - $10 (5) Zalman Fan Mate 1 Adjustable Fan Speed Controllers - $30 (1) Digital Doctor 5 Fan speed/temperature monitor and controller - $40 (4) 3-pin 12" Extension Cables for Fan Power - $15 (10) Plastic End Caps for 4-pin Molex Power Connectors - $20 (2) 18" Rounded IDE ATA-100/133 Cables - $20 (1) 36" Rounded IDE ATA-100/133 Cable - $15 (1) Rounded Floppy Cable - $5 (1) Altec Lansing PC Gaming AVS500B 60W Speaker System - $40 (1) Anti-Static Wrist Strap - $10 (1) Teac 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Drive - $15 (1) Lite-On LTD163 16X Internal DVD-ROM Drive - $45 (1) Lite-On 52x24x52x E-IDE CD-R/CD-Rewritable Drive - $60 (1) Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard & Wheel Optical Mouse - $35 (2 Packs) PaxMate Sound Absorption Mats - $40 (28) Pieces of Grommets - $15 TOTAL - $1865 Now a final question, the graphics card I have supports dual monitors. I''d like to get a 19 or 21 inch for the main workspace and a 15 inch for my palette''s and whatnot. One of the monitors would be an LCD, though I''m torn between which...help? hehe...thanks a bunch everyone, you''ve been great!

Posting a non graphics related question on a graphics forum and having its members give you smart assed replies... priceless.

At least it''s about a tool used for creating visual arts

Actually, since you obviously can''t read, this IS for graphics. It is a question about which monitor we think would be best suited for a graphics workstation, and I think it is a very valid question.

Now for the answer, or at least, my suggestion:
If you have the money and desktop space, get a Flat (not flat panel LCD, just a flat) 21" monitor, otherwise, get a 19" flat monitor, and get the 15" LCD. I have no clue how much desk space, or money you have, but that a 21" flat screen + 15" lcd would probably be the nicest setup.

Oh, and one other thing, I would probably pick up 2 80gb hard drives, and get a motherboard that supports a hardware raid (or a pci expansion card for it) and set up a simple striped array (RAID 0), that way you won''t spend forever waiting for stuff to load from the hard drive, only 1/2 of forever .

Why don''t you go for SCSI??

Aww crap I''m drooling on keyboard...bzzt.

Ready4Dis, thank you very much for your advice. I too thought that since my question was regarding monitors used for graphics work, the artistry forum would be the best place to ask, since many of you here have dual monitors I''m assuming. I was also thinking about the 21inch flat screen (not panel) and 15inch LCD because my father has the same monitor setup as that and it works quite nicely in my opinion. On that note: does brand matter when going for monitors? I''ve seen 15inch LCD''s go for $200 and some 21inch (not sure if flat screen or not) go for about $400, which both seem pretty cheap for the size. Thanks again, and please just relevent responses like Ready4Dis'', I''m assuming some of you are professionals or are at least aiming to be one, so please respond professionally. Thank you.