i liked how you hijacked this thread devilstar.
anyways, as for the computer build, i liked kitire's computer build. a decent system for under $1K. You would get a better system if you didn't have to buy a new monitor, but i guess 15 inch crt is not something i could tolerate very much. devilstar's sugested build for you doesn't have a video card; and he doesn't seem to know much about computers anyways since he was planning to get two 6600 512... which i didn't even know exited.. what company would make 512mb for a 6600?!
As for ulater6000's system for sale, he should post the specs and price so we can say if its a good deal or not (if you're willing to buy used... off some stranger).
My only alteration to kitire's system would be maybe spend an extra $26 on a monitor that has 8ms response time... although i doubt you'd get ghosting with a 12ms monitor..
Good Luck and have fun