hey man I have a radical sugestion but i know it workz becoz I use this same system all the time.
Go to
http://www.todaytech.com
Sign up for an account with them and given them you details and stuff.
Then get this gear it only costs about $1500 - $1800 australian dollars
- 40GB western Digital HDD. (7200RPM Drive)
- Celeron or Petium4 1.8GH'z Processor
- Intel Motherboard that support PGA478Form factor and DDRAM and an 8X or 4X AGP slot.
- GForce4 64MB GFX card
- 512MB of DDR pc2100 RAM
- Mitsubishi Diamond view 17' monitor
- LG DVD CDR-W 48X24X48X16DVD
- What ever floppy drive keyboard and mouse you want.
- Sound Blaster live5.1! PCI soundcard
- Creative 5100 5.1Suround Sound system.
- Diamond voice 56K UE voice modem
With that you could do what ever you wanted.
It costs a little bit but if you are going to spend money on a computer they are paarts I would to make it worth it.
If you want better parts I can get you part number and psecifications for better parts ect ect ect.
I work at an Information Technology Center lol. So I am kinda into this stuff
PS: dun think I forgot anything