Apologies for the long question. OK, I bought:
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboard
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz CPU
Zotac 9600GT 512MB Graphics card
Also I have in my system 3GB DDR667 RAM
2 SATA hard drives
1 DVD writer
1 case fan
Now money was tight after buying the three components I...
DVD Rs come in single layer and dual layer formats. Single layer will hold approx 4.3GB while Dual Layer will hold approx 8.5GB. so a dual layer burner will burn both.