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I use Opera. On sites where Opera doesn't work, I'll use Firefox.

Do you have onboard video at all? You could try hooking up to the onboard (or use a different video card) and then completely uninstall and then reinstall the card.

As far as the actual process of building the computer, I've recommended this before. It also has instructions for installing the OS. One thing that I would strongly recommend is that you have another internet-accessible computer of some sort on hand incase something doesn't work. When you are...

XP and ubuntu

As far as the hard drive, I don't notice a difference between 10,000RPM and 7,200RPM, and I've used both. I have noticed a big difference when using a solid-state drive. Unfortunately, solid state drives are still a little too expensive; a 30GB drive runs a little less than $100. So, I'd say...