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Don't cheap out on no-name and whitebox parts, especially for your first build up.
Asus and Abit mobo's. The new Canterwood chipset is pretty nice looking, if you get a good top of the line P4 'C' class chip, but AMD is still plenty good and actually runs cooler than Intel now, according to latest thermal spec.
As for video, well, that's a war waiting to happen. I happen to prefer ATi, but many others will swear by Nvidia. If you want top end, get the 9800 Pro.
As for sound, I always recomend that people stay away from Creative Labs products. M-Audio makes a great card called the Revolution 7.1 based on the Via Envy24HT chipset. I upgraded to the M-Audio from the Audigy 1 and it was an amazing difference. Creative has consistant driver issues and hardware problems.
WD HD's are my current favourite, with the JB series being tops in my book. The 8 meg cache really helps.
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