Thanks RJ...great ideas but, you hit my problem on the head. My new PC doesn't support the full-sized PCI cards. My old PC is equipped with two 1010LT cards which I'm absolutely happy with. I'm beginning to wonder if I should be researching different mother boards instead of new audio interface solutions. I have a new HP I7 core machine with only one available PCI-express port...not sure if I could simply purchase a better motherbaord to install into the case or not. The PC came to me as a gift some time ago so, it wasn't researched/purchased with DAW in mind. The new machine has a lot more available "horse-power". I7 core, 8GB RAM and a terrabyte in hard drive space. I'm trying to make this machine work for me so that I can abandon my old machine.
Again, thanks for the suggestions.