Ditto, AMD X2 range, 4400+ is the bees knees, a decent board such as a high end Asus, or Gigabyte, 2gb of DDR, stock cooler should be sufficient, a nice ATX case, with room for some case fans (120mm if possible) SATA drives are pretty cheap for 7200 rpm or for some Raptors as Bistro mentioned, they would set you back some more cash for less space, but faster access times, and make sure you get a nice fat PSU, i think Nick got a 680W thermaltake for about £100, which is amazingly cheap, so go for the good manufacturers (Antec/Akasa/Thermaltake/Fortron/Enermax) and around 550W if you're going for a really high end system.


Liam