the list goes on...

I guess next up is a video card; the market for these seems to be a mess, to me. I can't keep track of it. The latest greatest cards seem quite pricy, so I was thinking maybe a step or two down. If it was near $200 that'd be nice, but I don't really know what I'm talking about. Maybe the radeon 9800 pro, or nvidia 5700, 5700 ultra, or 5900 xt?

I guess first things first, ATI or nvidia. Which one am I more likely to get more stability with. I'm not really a "hardcore" gamer, but I would also like to be able to play games here or there. I want to be able to run Half Life 2 when it's out. I want to be able to run the grand theft auto games without problems too.

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$84 Intel "D865PERL" i865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-121-186&depa=0

$223 Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-156&depa=1

$80 Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-424&depa=1

$29 SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive, Model DDU1612, OEM
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-131-003&depa=1

$10 Samsung Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model SFD321B/LBL1, OEM Drive Only
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-203&depa=1

$77 NEC 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Model ND-2510A SW BLK, OEM w/ Roxio Software
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-022&depa=1

$70 Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-135-106&depa=1