Originally Posted by brtecson

mobo: i reccomend abit. i had a craptacular asus p4p800 lux and it sucked. it kept freezing on me. it wasn't over heating either. I'd put a 75% load on it and it would freeze . I got a abit ic7g and never had any real problem since. I'm just going to ebay the dumb asus mobo

proc: i like intel myself, but that's cause I do alot of work with video. if you're a gamer, go with amd

vid card: I got a 9600aiw.:dunno:

memory: I'd get 2 gb of ddr

hd's: raptors :drool:

case: ummmm, antec. simple and effective. usually come with a great power supply

optical drives: get a nec 3500 dvdrw. they have the best laser out IMO, and as always, the fw can be speedhacked. liteon makes great dvdrw drives now as well