I built my computer last year I'm running Vista Ult. and added the first Sony
drive that came out. With the core 2 e6400 2.13 and the ATI HD2600 XT OC with 2G Memory it works great and use it all the time. Also have it hooked up to my 57 DLP if I want to watch it on a bigger screen
I will be building a new one in a few months and I will give this one to the wife.
Forgot running PowerDVD 7 Ultra and WinDVD 9 for software. They both seem to work O.K