1. A good low latency soundcard with ASIO drivers and a high Z input for your guitar.
2. The Intel 3770 quadcore I7 is at a very sweet value for money spot - great performance and not ridiculously expensive.
3. Get a 64 bit OS and at least 8GB of RAM, if possible do it so you have two RAM slots free for later upgrades.
4. A dedicated SSD of about 120 GB for your OS and host DAW is nice as it will really speed up boot time and system responsiveness. It's not exactly required though.
5. Get at least a 7200RPM HD for audio recordings and sample collections etc. Much better would be to get one regular HD dedicated for audio recording and another drive (SSD) for your sample collections and VSTs.
6. Video cards don't really matter that much but don't crap out with the very cheapest. Dual outputs are almost standard but you can also get triple if you like. As a rule of thumb, NVidia based cards run a little cooler than ATI ones, which means less noise from any cooling and longer component life.