This is a good start. It was originally $340 and its $289 "In Cart" I think they are having a 70% off on other things this weekend. I am a fan of Intel processors and MoBo's. You don not necessarily need to go Core i7 when i5's will do the trick. At least 8GB of ram. Onboard soundcards have got pretty good so you don't need to buy another one. I chose a solid state for my C Drive and a 7200 RPM sata for my games drive. Just some things I did in general, I am sure people will set you up some builds, the only thing I would say is do not skimp on the basics...Processor, MoBo, memory and especially video card. My two cents.