Randy,
I would seriously look in to a quality 350-400 watt PSU. 250 watts are just not enough even with a barebones pc nowadays. And the $15 or $25 CompUSA specials are the equivalent of a cheap Aiwa HT receiver. Computers like lots of clean power. I like the Antec TruePower series. They have separate transformers for each voltage, instead of one transformer and v-regs. Also, if you look around, you can get a USB 2.0 5.25" external case for your DVD-burner for $20. This way you have a portable DVD+-+R-w#_& whatever for about 1/3 the price of an off-the-shelf external. NEC makes very good DVD writers. I think they are better than Sony's.
