It is good practice to update your software on your machine (Antivirus patches, windows updates, fixes) it is also good to maintain some of the hardware on your machine:
Keep your hard drive in top shape, by running chkdsk c: /f from the command line (click start->and then run->type "cmd" without the quotes -> press Enter)
Type "y" to schedule it for the next boot.
Now... Keeping the command prompt on screen, type "defrag c: -f" and hit enter, leave this to run until you get back the prompt. Go make some coffee, drink it and come back.
CD/DVD writers do not last forever and will only write so many and then start to fail.
Warning signs to heed would be reports of errors when using Nero / other CD writing software. To prolong their lives, use disk cleaning media and give the drive a short break after writing 5 to ten discs in qiuck succession.
Graphics cards are used to display colours and media on your screen, it is important that their fans are checked regularly and the capacitors are not leaking.
Memory of a PC plays a pivotal role in your machine's life and you should always be sure that you have enough, a quick judge of this would be the hard drive light. If it is constantly flashing even when you are not running programs, consider more memory (RAM). Seriously consider more RAM when you start to hear the hard drive making a clicking noise (at this point, I'd probably consider a new Hard drive too?)
A good tool to have handy is the ultimate boot cd (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/)
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