you know what type of ram it is?
SD, DDR, or RD ? id be surprised if its RD, i was thinking DDR, but the fact you mention the Mem is PCI confuses me a little.
not sure why you wouldnt want to play games, i mean, that can save you from needing to buy a 2nd or 3rd console. some of the best games are on pc well before they come out on console.
But hey, thats your choice, hehe,
now the PCI thing, did you mean the RAM uses PCI or the GFX Card uses PCI?
as for the sys, it looks fine bro, for everything you said you wanted it to do, it will do fine and more. 512MB (whichever kinda RAM that might be) its a perfect amount. not too much, not too little.
the CD burner is fine on it. not sure why you'd want to buy a DVD burner. i never found a use for a dvd burner yet. unless you actually plan on burning movies onto dvd. the amount of space a normal CD can hold fits most everything.
unless you plan on backing up like your whole computer on a DVD. hehe.
80gigs, like you said, is plenty for you, if you get a lot of media. or games it tends to fill up a little quicker. but my 2nd drive is 80gigs and i'm pretty sure i can still fit most my stuff on it.
processor is good, much better then a celeron, that will be fine for you, i doubt you'll have any probs with processor speed.
sound, i'd imagine that would be good for you. unless you plan or want surround sound, then you could just go buy a SB Audigy card. but if not that sound will do.
the MS Suite software, i have that it came with my dell a while back on my last computer. i think it has a few MS Office programs on it and stuff. if you need more, i'd suggest going to
www.openoffice.org download openoffice. it has everything MS Office would have and some extra's and can read MS Office files. Plus its FREE so how can you go wrong? hehe.
All and all man, id say this system should be good for ya. best of all. its totolly free for you right? lol
if ya gots any questions or probs with it. you always got plenty of people here to help ya.