Go to: www.unitedmicro.com You can find some pretty cheap parts and accessories. Building a PC: *Case - Don't have to worry too much on the looks unless you want to *CD-Rom - Best to get a CD-CDRW and probably DVD Combo *Cooling Fans - You should get 2 so you don't overheat *CPU - Get at least a 2.0 so you don't process like a running fat kid *Hard Drive - I would at least get 30 gigs to install all those games I like to play *Keyboard & Mice - Doesn't really matter right now *Monitor - LCD... nice...=D *Motherboards - AMD Athelon 64 (most wootastic) *Sound Cards - Doesn't really matter if you combo it with your motherboard *Speakers - Get some bass blasters *Video Cards - Get atleast 8x agp This will probably get you a most affordable and essential computer. You make upgrades if you want an even better one, but this will be a good simple one.