Well im a little late but here's my two cents:
SATA: If you can get a 10,000 rpm drive do it! I love mine. HL loads in a blink. Far Cry loads pretty quick as well. I didn't use mine as a boot drive but I hear that you get insane boot up speeds.
Vidcard: You can go for a 9600XT for about $179. Can't go wrong with that one either.
Processor: I'm biased towards AMD so I'd say go with a 64 +3000. AMD has always faired better for gaming.
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