AMD dual core is not as good as the intel core 2 duo. The basic core duo 2 processor is damm good for the money. A ASRock Conroe 945g-dvi is a good motherboard, and top it off with Corsair Twin 2x 1024mb 6400 ram. For the Screen id go for the Samsung 931c monitor. A Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb HD would be good as well. LOL i got this out of a magazine, so dont ask me why i know soo much.