I'm about to wander into new territory. I asked a tech about a separate tower with hard drives so I just had to change mother board to update(grade). He said "oh you mean a SERVER, that's what I have as my home network and that's the way to go". We have three computers at home right now with a partial network, only two on it at this time. What are the paticulars and is it "the way to go".I do hope that "tech" isn't a close friend or relative, because he appears to have been talking out of his backside. The question is: what do you want to do? If you are looking to upgrade your computer, you will probably need to change motherboard, processor & fan. You may also need to change graphics CARD and certain other add-ons. It really DEPENDS on how big a jump you're MAKING. If you're upgrading the lot, the only thing you'll really be able to RESUSE is the floppy drive & CDROM. Nothing else is going to be up to the job.

So tell us a bit more about your project we can perhaps try and give you slightly more balanced advice...