i would have to agree with unholyman and mr nails no need for a video card more than 7600 gs or gt. motherboard always like asus very user friendly i would suggest you buy something upgradable that way later you don't have to buy all new stuff never skimp on power or ram 2 gig at least i think i would go amd just for the fact of price there not that much slower and amd coming out with all new cpu that well be on am2 format so prices are dropping.