I don't really know much about what to suggest for a monitor, but I'd definitely say go for a Matrox G550 for the graphics card - Matrox's video cards have about the best visual quality of any card on the market, although their 3D sucks for the most part (unless you get a Parhelia, which will cost you $400, and deliver 3D performance that's not very good compared to the cheaper cards available from Nvidia).