Buying on a budget is hard what you need to do is start making list very long detailed ones.. if your going soil i recomind the soil bags 25-50 cents per insted of 2 per pot.. e-bay has been awsome to me.. look for local sellers and contact them for a cash off site transaction that way there is no shipping and no trail... but i still buy using paypal too.. the best advice i would say is stick to the basics light, soil, nutes, vent its going to go quick but will be worth it in the end. I say save yoru money one the veg lights and use fluros. go to home depot pick up the 8 dollar shop lights rip out the shitty ballast and overdrive it with the 18 dollar electric advanced one... super cheap barely any heat and lots-o-light. your going to need your money on a fan that will cool that 1000w.. and all the other little stuff