hmmm, best advice i can give u is to camp at borders and read all the comp magazines. if u're looking for not too ex but quite good, try geforce 6600 series for graphics card, performance wise it blows away all the other mid priced cards cuz its cheap and good. And as for motherboards, stick with the brand msi. they have quite afew good mamaboards. think mamaboard and graphics card add togehter should be around $550-650 for an ok comp. RESEARCH!!! i suggest that you wait till end of june before buying, then i can come and help u find. probably prices will drop even more cuz intel and amd got new dual processor chips coming out soon i think