Boo,
If the PC you are using now is just full of data, and that is the only reason you want to change it, stick with the burn-to-CD option, or better see if you can make an external hard drive work and buy that. You will also use it in any new compurt you buy.


if you need "more" in many areas, such as performance, upgradability , etc, I agree with Abacus in general, you just go out there and buy something that fits your budget, regardless what it says on the sticker.

Decide what exactly you need, like
"I want a 17" monitor" (TFT highly recommended)
"I want a DVD/RW recorder, or COMBO reader/recorder" (your 9 mp3 cd's are about 1 DVD full!!!)
"I want this printer"
"I want that soundcard"
etc etc

The fact is, that the lowest spec new PC you can find out there, will be MILES ahead of your current PC in terms of performance, hard disk space, and maybe expandability, so if the current machine is kind of satisfactory, the new one will blow your socks off!

Get info from the other friends here for recommendations, pay the cash and never look back. The more you wait, the more new things will come, the more pain you will get from the current system.

Theodore