Newegg FTW!!! Cases whatever, but lean towards Antec Power Supply Antec or Thermaltake Processor AMD, although I've been thinking of building an Intel system Hard drive WD, and Seagate, and I have a Hitachi or 2 around here, too RAM Crucial, Corsair and G.Skill Optical Lite-on or Samsung (aka TSST, or toshiba) Motherboard Biostar MSI ABIT ASUS depends on who makes something good at the time Video Card Nvidia, brand isn't ususally a big deal, unless a particular model is known for cooling issues or something For sound, I use integrated these days, unless it's for professional use, then something that's made for pro use. I have used all sorts of brands, all sorts of quality levels and the majority worked ok. My current desktop system still runs well, is about 2 1/2 or so years old, maybe 3, and for most of what I ever do, about the only thing I could use to improve it would be a current video card, since my 9800GT's are a bit outdated.