Gotenks

ASUS K8V (K8T800 Chipset (Via)) ; onboard sata x4, onboard audio (good), onboard lan (gbit) - $111
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1 MB L2 Cache - $270 (the 3000+ has 512kb L2, another 512 is a huge difference)
Corsair XMS 1gb PC 3200 (512x2), 2-3-2-6 latency - $354
Radeon X800 Pro (nuf said) - $400ish
WD Raptor (sata) 36.7 10k-rpm (windows drive) - $111
WD 200GB IDE (ATA133) 8mb buffer x2 - $254
ThermalRight SLK948U (AMD64 model) - $40
Arctic Silver 5 - $8
Lian-Li PC-60 Mid Tower - $95
4x ThermalTake 80mm - $24
1x ThermalTake 96mm - $6
Lite-On Multi-Rom Drive : 52X CD-R, 32X CD-RW, 52X CD-Rom, 16X DVD-Rom - $48
Antec 480W True Power PSU - $83
Round cables for IDE - $10

Total: $2,033

Just my 2 cents~

EDIT*

400gb storage, 36gb games/apps. Exchange case fans depending on if you care about noise. I wouldnt get anything more than that for myself... anything more would be a waste imho.

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