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Can't guide you on specifics of those companies. If you go with an LCD be sure to understand the seller's dead pixel guarantee. Industry standard is to allow 5+ before calling the display defective. That may or may not be acceptable to you depending on the failure types and locations. Egghead requires 8 or more before they'll call it dead. It varies. Some companies let you pay more to guarantee zero defects. Something to know ahead of the purchase.
I know, CRT's are big, ugly, old-school. My prodding about them is because the good ones are still much more viewable than LCD's. A pro-level NEC or Viewsonic is gorgeous even compared to the best 8ms LCD's. They won't look great in stores because the input is invariably messed with or split among multitudes of monitors - hey, they don't make nearly the profit/sq ft as with LCD's so it isn't in their interest. The downside is CRTs can be headaches to buy mail-order. If you get a bad one the shipping back & forth is a very bad thing.
Definitely consider adding a second drive before installing all your software. Even if it's just to mirror important stuff and separate application paging, this level of system deserves better than a single spindle.
Good luck. Sounds like you're getting close to something. I'd be a cheap bastard & buy parts to upgrade your old case, but it is nice to see a brand new system unpacked and booting for the first time.
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