Corsair XMS PRO High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader & LED Lights is the way to go, my friend for ram. 1024 mb of course, i doubt ull be doing any vid editing. or are you? anyways, vid cards, range, from $50 crappy cards, all the way to $1000 (beleive it or not) but those are for the most extreme graphic designers. the best out right now (the 6800 ultra and the x850) (respectively) are around $500. the case is all about what the componenets wattage is important with the more powerful things you have in your computer. monitor depends on the size u want and the resolution and the quality. speakers are of course important, but really the sound card is where you want to focus for sound. right now creative's audigy zs is the best. speakers come in then and logitech or creative are good. anything else? ah yes, the mouse and keyboard but those are trivial. an optical and an internet ready keyboard is all u really need for anything. yhea.