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Ken, I have a philips flat screen 17 inch CRT monitor and they are good quality if your budget is tight and you want a new monitor. One advantage over the LCD screen is that CRT monitors yield sharp images at all resolutions wheras LCD monitors tend to be pin sharp at their native resolution, (usually 1024x768) and tend to be a bit fuzzy at other resolutions. Gigabyte motherboards are also a good reputable brand. Ram I would opt for 512Mb minimum; the cost difference will be small but if cost's an overriding factor you can add more Ram later. The video specified is fine for the type of use you will have. The "Nero" thing is merely software to drive the CD or DVD burner and usually comes bundled with the CD/DVD drive. If you don't want to burn movies or store very large amounts of data, forget the DVD burner.The DVD Burner can be added later as well at a cost of around $140 giving you an extra drive which will be useful for copyingCD's. If you have an existing external dial up modem use that. It's worth noting that hard drives can be purchased with either 1 year or 3 year warranty. Ask you dealer how much warranty the HDD has. I believe the Philips monitor still has 3 year warranty.
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