You would think that people would learn to stop asking for opinions around here, it usually gets someone into trouble. 
Anyway
Floppy Drive: get a Sony, they're MUCH quieter than anything else.
HD: IBM and Quantam are both good, DO NOT get a Western Digital or Maxtor.
Monitor: www.mwave.com, they have really good deals on 2 very nice 19" Princetons.
Keyboard: Go to your local Best Buy and find one you like.
CDROM: Anything, if you want an especially good one fork of the cash for SCSI and get a plextor.
Case: Full Tower, SuperMicro SC-750A, AOpen HX08, MidTower, PC Power and Cooling Personal MidTower, MiniTower, don't even think about it.
Modem: 3com USR 56k hardware modem
Fan: CPU, slot type, Globalwin VOS32, socket, um, dunno, something from Alpha or Globalwin
HD Controller: unless you want to go SCSI, no need
You might want to consider getting a networking card. 3com, Intel(admitted grudgingly), and Netgear all make good cards. Dlink's are so-so, and avoid Linksys.
I second Brian's notion of USB stuff. I have an Intellimouse optical and it is WAY smoother than my old PS/2 mouse(course, thats partially cause it doesn't use a ball). I don't have much(any) other experience with USB though, but USB nonetheless still holds enormous potential.
Ian

Anyway
Floppy Drive: get a Sony, they're MUCH quieter than anything else.
HD: IBM and Quantam are both good, DO NOT get a Western Digital or Maxtor.
Monitor: www.mwave.com, they have really good deals on 2 very nice 19" Princetons.
Keyboard: Go to your local Best Buy and find one you like.
CDROM: Anything, if you want an especially good one fork of the cash for SCSI and get a plextor.
Case: Full Tower, SuperMicro SC-750A, AOpen HX08, MidTower, PC Power and Cooling Personal MidTower, MiniTower, don't even think about it.
Modem: 3com USR 56k hardware modem
Fan: CPU, slot type, Globalwin VOS32, socket, um, dunno, something from Alpha or Globalwin
HD Controller: unless you want to go SCSI, no need
You might want to consider getting a networking card. 3com, Intel(admitted grudgingly), and Netgear all make good cards. Dlink's are so-so, and avoid Linksys.
I second Brian's notion of USB stuff. I have an Intellimouse optical and it is WAY smoother than my old PS/2 mouse(course, thats partially cause it doesn't use a ball). I don't have much(any) other experience with USB though, but USB nonetheless still holds enormous potential.
Ian
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