I’m using a delta 1010 soundcard and it’s a little old now, and it doesn’t have a headphone socket.
I’ve seen a motu 828 mk2 firewire any good? My motherboard has firewire and has an Athlon 64 3800+ and one gig ram.

I’ve also seen some cheap monitors: wharfdale diamond active 8.2.
They are cheap until I can afford some decent ones.

Any advice on soundcard and monitors would really come in handy, thanks

hmm...soundcard? a 32-bit soundcard?

im not sure... Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX Sound Card?

for monitors..hmm... Behringer Truth B2031A Active Monitor Speakers. or just by headphones AKG K66 or better Sennheiser HD-280 Pro