HD- stick to brand like seagate, maxtor, Western Digital, Samsung, and Hitachi (if i missed good oens im sorry)
i would stick to the 7200rpm either 8mb or 16mb cache, my aswell get sata 2 its faster and more reliable
Ram- 2GB DDR-2 533FSB (PC4200
Processor- INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6700 2.66GHZ DUAL...