Hello all,

PCs are getting cheaper by the day. So my question is, how much did you pay for yours?

Mine was pretty cheap, and it's still as top of the line as you'd expect these days.

I have receipts from all this stuff, so these are definitely accurate:

Athlon XP 2100+ - $83
ASUS A7V8x (KT400) - $115
512MB KingMAX 400MHz DDR - $140
Thermaltake Volcano 9 - $28
Gigabyte Maya (ATi Radeon 8500 Pro) - $100
21" NEC MultiSync P1150 - $150 (refurb.)
SB Audigy MP3+ - $54
120GB Western Digital Special Edition (8MB cache) - $154
10GB Western Digital Caviar - free
AOpen 4x DVD-ROM - free
Lite-On 40x/12x/48x CD-RW - $55
Thermaltake XaserII 5000A - $130
350W Enermax Whisper PSU - $47
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro - $39
Optical Logitech Rodent - $20
Joystick - $15
Nostromo n50 - $25
FDD - $9

$1164 total, with peripherals. I've bought all this stuff over time, and it's all added up...:dead: About half that came out of my own pocket. The old HDD and the old DVD drive were really expensive when my dad bought them - I dunno how much he spent though. He gave both to me after he upgraded. This is without speakers.

Speakers were:
500W Kenwood receiver - $150
KLH center speaker - $55
KLH front speakers - $36
Pioneer floorstanders - free

$241 total

System w/ speakers - $1405

Man that's alot.

Athlon XP 2000+ - $165
Epox 8K3A+ - $90
512MB Mushkin PC2100 - $92
Thermaltake Volcano 7+ - $22
MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 vtd64 - $135
20" OEM Sun(Sony) GDM-20E20 - $168 (refurb.)
SB Audigy 1394 - $45
Labtec Pulse 424 2.1 speakers - $40
2x80GB Seagate ST380021A 7200rpm - $109 each
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM - $51
Lite-On 16x/10x/40x CD-RW - $150
X-PCBOX ver. 1(off ebay) - $27
Netgear FA311 NIC - $15
431W Enermax EG465P-VE PSU - $92
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite - $19
Logitech Dual Optical - $25
Mitsumi FDD - $Free
Blue round hdd cable set - $15

Total = $1369(wanted it to be under $1000 but got carried away)

All these parts have been bought during the past 8 months till up to last week when I bought the audigy card. Most was bought off ebay and the others were from online retailers. All was paid for by me :dead:

I tried for top of the line, it can do 10,500 3dmarks so I'm happy.

I also have two brand new motherboards and a PSU that are just sitting on my desk because of compatibility issues. The company I bought my case from couldn't have made a profit, it even came with a hot swappable HDD drive bay! My monitor died last night and its off waranty so its at a local repair shop now. Might just go to ebay and buy another one for $130 if the repair is more expensive.

I got mine for free, it's a cheapo deluxe.

I'm not gonna say the actual increases from my upgrading, just give you the percent increase :)

This is what I modded and the cost.
CPU speed increased by 83% plus Volcano 7 heatsink - $70
RAM size increased by 500% Lifetime Warranty - $28
Graphics card: Memory increased by 320% Speed increased by 200% Max Resolution increased by 200% - $25
new fan cfm increased by 8000% (previous owner REMOVED case fan!!) - $10
new optical mouse - $15
new 300W Antec PSU - 55

Remember that I live in Hawaii and I gotta pay a crap load of shipping costs!

:P

It's hard for a lot us to say I would imagine. I know that I have costs covered up by gradual upgrades... So to exactly say how expensive my system was is difficult when you factor in previous components etc..

Heh Rick just add up the cost of everything in your box that you have now...and your speakers, monitor, keyboard etc.

i work for a PC company :) and got everything at trade cost :)

so it was cheap :)

Which Company Greeno?

Bought mine a while back and was around a grand not including the monitor. (reused my old one), then I've added a couple hard drives, don't know what I paid for them offhand though.

I've not had a PC now which I could consider to be a seperate entity from the trail of parts flowing into and out of it for some time now, so attaching any kind of monetary value would be foolish.

I've literally spent thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of £££ on computer parts over the years.

right now I have 2 machines which would probably be about £2000 each to buy.

It is kind of hard for me as well. Veh and I were discussing it last night in the channel but I had forgotten some things I had added and replaced so my numbers were a little off. I'm not quite sure what I have in it at this point. And if you add in printer and other periferals that opens a whole other can of worms.

How about gifts? Do we add in gift costs? :)

I rarely buy upgrades for my computer. Mainly just upgrades for my car. I love you maxine!

mine is kinda out dated (year and 1/2 old now) but here it is for old time prices

Athlon 1ghz T-bird -$99
256 PC2100 - $60
30 gig WD HDD - P Pro200 (nice trade)
MOBO - $115
DVD rom -$80
CD-burner -$20
GeForece 2 mx 400 -$125
Case W/ 350 watt PS -$65
OCZ gladiator CPU H/F -$40
17" flat panel moniter -$130
Optical mouse -$20
Laserjet 4P -$free (payment as intern)
deskjet 640c -$65

Upgrades

water cooling system -$150
HDD caddy -$20
80 gig mator hdd -$130
DVD-rom -$40 tupid 1 year warranties
Speakers -$20
wireless headphones -$60
Sanity - too much


wow, that comes to about $1240 not including any tax

that would have paid for a semesters tuition

Athlon XP 2100+ Tbred B @2.170Ghz 166fsb - £70 online
GA-7VAXP (from local shop :( ) - £120
Coolermaster HHC-L61 with YS-Tech Fan - ~£26
512mb OCZ EL-DDR PC3500 - £170
Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb - £170 + GF3
Enermax 350w PSU - £35
Samsung 957DF 19" monitor - £250
2 x 40Gb Seagate Barracuda IV - £120
Lian Li PC-50 Aluminium case - £70
Rounded IDE cables - £25
Hercules Fortissimo II - Won from TechSpot ;)

£1056 for system = ~$1689

2 Celeron 400mhz(stable at 570mhz) socket 370 processors - $10 each

1 ABIT BP6 Dual Socket370 Motherboard - $25

2 volcano 7s - $7

1 8gb Seagate HDD - $5

1 8gb Western Digital HDD - $5

Voodoo 5 5500 64mb AGP video card - $25

Creative Soundblaster PCI 128 - $3

19 inch Smile INC 1280x1024@75hz Monitor - $35

Millenium 110-key keyboard + wheel mouse - $14

Altec Lansing ACS* + Subwoofer - $19

Windows XP Professional + Office XP Professional - $0

768mb PC133 SDRAM (3x256mb) - $0 $0 $0 (already had it!)

Total cost: $158


:D

And at 570mhz x 2, it still runs everything I throw at it!!


:p

WOW... all those prices are so cheap im guessing you guys are all overseas somewhere. Im from australia and i just got a new p4 system. I added up the prices for a couple of pcs you guys just built if you got that here it would have cost you doubble.

My pc.

p4 2.4 = $420
Kingston 512 ddr ram pc 3700 = $300
Maxtor 60gb hdd 7200rpm ata133 = $180
Asus P4PE mobo = $270
Geforce 4 ti4600 = $600
sb audigy 2 soundcard = $320
Logitech mx500 mouse = $100
Logitech Elite keyboard = $100
Fastest dvd out = $120
fastest burner out = $100

As you can see the price is already over what most of you guys paid im shocked all i can say is i wish i lived where you guys where at :)

Nice quake...

I shop at pricewatch. You can't blame me. I'm uber-poor and try to squeeze everything I can out of my pennies. Biggest example was buying an 8500LE and flashing it's BIOS :D

Me too, Quake! I should say almost all the pc parts in Australia are more expensive then those countries like Singapore, US Canda.

All my specs are below, on my sig., and I have a 17" monitor (up to 1024x768) that I paid $160 for last May. The total price is almost exactly $1010.

Wow, you all got quite low prices!! My system cost ~ $2,400.00

Originally posted by timmoore
Wow, you all got quite low prices!! My system cost ~ $2,400.00

Was yours a pre-built system per chance?
You will always pay a premium for those. Plus the price I posted doesn't include my Samsung 957DF 19" monitor, Logitech MX700 and cordless keyboard. That adds about another £300 (~$480) = $2169, but then again we do tend to have higher prices in ripoff Britain...

My system was custom built for me by MicronPC (http://www.micronpc.com) . I had it shipped from the US to UK. That price is without monitor (had one already)

Let's see..

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz boxed - 234 EUR

Motherboard: Abit BD7 - won from TechSpot

128+512M PC2100 DDR - I don't remember

Matrox Millennium G450 DH - about 70 EUR

Pinnacle PCTV Rave - 67 EUR

40 GB Samsung 7200 rpm hdd - about 100 EUR

120 GB Seagate Barracuda V hdd - 168 EUR

350W PSU - 40 EUR

Samtron 96P 19" monitor - 227 EUR

ATX miditower - 10 EUR if I remember correctly, includes 235W PSU

SB Live! Value - back in '98.. uh.. something FIM

Logitech Mouseman+ - about 10 EUR

Keytronic 101-key keyboard - I've had this one since I got my first 286, can't recall the price

Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1212 - about 50 EUR

Samsung CD-RW SW-224B - about 90 EUR

Cheapo RTL8139 NIC - about 5 EUR

Total about 1071 EUR + those I didn't remember

I spent a total of about 1300 on my PC

40 GB Maxtor
ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder
AOpen AK73 Pro(a) mobo
21" Visual Sensations monitor
AOpen DVD drive 16x
Cheap 24x burner
384 MB SDRAM
350 watt PSU
1.2 T-bird

I think that's about it.....

the dell work bougth we mwas about $2300 US

my old VAIO was $1500 US @ the time (was $2100 on sony's site)

my very first system a PIII 533 - was about $2k Canadian when i got it - i remember i paid about $500 canadian for a 40g HD - GOD how prices have dropped..lol

Originally posted by Mr.Guvernment
the dell work bougth we mwas about $2300 US

my old VAIO was $1500 US @ the time (was $2100 on sony's site)

my very first system a PIII 533 - was about $2k Canadian when i got it - i remember i paid about $500 canadian for a 40g HD - GOD how prices have dropped..lol

If were go into work machines
-1.7Ghz P4 Dell Inspiron 8200
-512mb PC2100
-GF4Go 32mb
-30Gb HD

Was about £1800 at the time when it was bought for me ($2844 dollars)

I'm not gonna waste the time to list my specs, they are in my profile, the first one listed, just built it. Actually bought the parts over the last few months, finding good deals where I could, had some parts already, and best estimate I could come up with on the cost was ~$1400, because I couldn't find some of my receipts and had to guess. The second system listed was $1300 over a year ago.

I'm not going through all my other stuff

Got my for about $1400

2000XP Athlon
Vol 7 Cu+
512MB Kingston 333MHZ
MSI KT4V
80.0GB Western Digital 80JBB
Yamaha CRW-F1E
Sony DVD 16X
Floppy FDD
Hercules ATI Radeon 8500LE 64MB
Hercules Fortissismo III 7.1
Philips 107T4
Altec Lansing 641
Micorsoft Multimedia Keyboard
Microsoft Intelli Optical Mouse
ICUTE Mod Case with 350W PSU & 4Fans

well i jsut bought mine like 2 weeks ago and i payed a helfty price for it

2.8 p4
1 gig of ddr333
soundbalster Audigy play EX
160GB Sata
ThermalTake Xaser II Black
ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700PRO
LG 16X DVD
LG 52x24x48
Logitech Z680
thermaltake 7+

for about 3200 plus

apple 20 inch stuido display LCDcame out to be 6500 for my new comp ....

I think the last big mutation that my system went through was the upgrade to a 1.2Ghz Athlon, 256MB RAM, and an MSI K7T Turbo mobo for around $300. I've added another 256MB since then for around $45 and an ATI Radeon 9100 128MB for $80. Further mutations are planned from now until HL2 release or D3 release! They include:

Audio Upgrade:
5 2-way speakers (DIY) - $70 each - $350 total
1 surround sound receiver - $150ish
subwoofer with amp (DIY) - $140ish
Audigy2 sound card - $78
Audio Total: $718

Video Upgrade:
Undecided - $300ish likely

Main System Upgrade:
P4 2.4Ghz 800Mhz FSB - $187
Intel 865PE-based mobo - $150ish
512MBx2 Corsair XMS 3200C2 DDR RAM - $190
Windows XP Pro (OEM) - $143
Antec True 480W w/blue LED PSU - $100
System Total: $770

That's comes too.... $1800ish

I'm hoping to overclock in the 3.0Ghz range.

FYI: I don't think any of the commercially-available 5.1 computer speakers sound good enough for the money. I'm also having fun building the speakers as a hobby! Most importantly, my wife hasn't added up the total cost for the audio upgrade! :D

What my computer has cost me: Way too much!
(But then again, I allways think it costs way too much)


This list isn't too detailed, as I don't have the receits here (they're in my apartment)...

Asus A7V8X - Gold / Deluxe - 240$
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ - 140$
1gb (2x 512) TwinMos PC 2700 - 195$
Radeon 9700 pro - 462$ (this was cheap in norway, iwth prices around 300$ in the US)
450W PSU - 60$
IBM Deskstar 75GXP 60GB - 165$
IBM Deskstar 60GXP 75 GB - 180$
Maxtor (sorry, can't remember type) 80 GB (8mb cache) - 165$
Logitech Cordless Optical mouse MX700 - 100$

Total: 1707$

Not too bad actually...
But not exactly cheap either...

I'm going to build 2 computers next week for less than this, and that's including lcd screens for both of them.....

I couldn't even guess, it's just a continuous evolution. A part here, a part there...when I get enough spare parts then another computer gets built out of the leftovers. All in all I've spent a lot because the first one cost about $2000 at the time.

MB Epox RDA3+ 145$
CPU AMD 2200+ 92$
512 DDR400 Samsung 107$
Maxtor 40gb 7200 82$
Logic chasis with L&C UPS 400W 44$
Leadtek Ti4200 128mb 163$
Spire WhisperRock III 11$
2 Spire chipset fans 9$
Logitech iTouch keyboard 20$
Logitceh optical wheel mouse (B69 think) 17$

total: 690$
(i have old 17" sony trinitron 1024x768@72hz monitor and LG CD-RW 16/10/40)

i need to buy:
17" ADI MicroScan F750 (Dimondtron) 221$
512 DDR400 Samsung 107$
DVD ROM Teac 49$

Total sum: 1067$


Place: east Europe, Croatia (small contury for great holiday -CNN, small contury for great comp shopping -me :grinthumb )

I'm building a new PC by next week since my mobo died one month past warranty. Can you believe that.

I intend to spend roughly $300 for AMD cpu, mobo, may be 2 gigs of ram, and a video card. I've been doing a lot of research. It wouldn't be so bad if I had a lot of money but that's my budget and I want to make sure I get the most from it.

I got a hand-me-down IBM laptop from my mom so that was $0.

Planning on spending $1500 on a new computer soon though. Check out my specs.

$1,200 discounted ( Huge Discount )
x2 7800 ultra nvidia cards
3700+ 3.5 amd 64-bit
160 gb HD
20 inch Flat LCD
Water Cooling
4 gigs of ram

i only spend £200 on my PC but then again it's probably crap compeared to yours

AV8 - 3rd eye
amd athlon 64 (Venice) 3000+
geforce mx4000
160gig hd

the monitor i stole of my mums old comp so that proabably saved me quite a lot

Oh yeah, well, my emachines cost about 450 a year or two ago, beat that!

This began life as a Compaq bundle from Fry's and became:
M$ Wireless Natural Multimedia keyboard
M$ Wireless Intellimouse 2.0 59.00
Aspire X-Finity ATX case 68.00
ASUS P5P800 99.00
Intel P4 640 HT 200.00
2x1024 A Data DDR400 (matched) 179.00
NEC DVD ND3540-A 50.00
ASUS CRW-4832AS 30.00
500W modular PSU 65.00
Arctic Cooler Freezer7 HSF 30.00
CoolerMaster Aerogate III Fan controller 30.00
Western Digital WD2500JB CaviarSE 130.00
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 120 GB 75.00
Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS 80.00
Logitech x530 5.1 60.00
Radeon 9250SE(?) 40.00
WinFast 2000XP Pro TV tuner/capture 40.00

$1535 USD------------ did manage to build one for my mom with pieces out of these upgrades; however,LET'S TALK ABOUT SOFTWARE!!

Not really, that's enough. Oops- add $300.00 for 2 Epson all-in-ones. :dead:

Approximately 3500 US. Give or take a few.

My core components are...

A8n32-SLI Deluxe
FX-60
7800 GTX KO 512
Zalman Resenator
Soundblaster Xtreme Music

factor in the creme de la of the market's HD's, Optical Drives, Memory, PSU, mouse(G5 FTW), and case <----These things are surprisingly expensive.

OS and MS-Office were free since I am part of Microsoft's Partner program.

Still saving for that 24inch Dell flatscreen. Using a CRT at the moment.

I looked for deals with free shipping, and looked for rebates.

I aimed for a great comp (basically, all components have favorable reviews and are not the cheapest parts available) that would be ready for 64-bit Windows, but under $1,000. I spent slightly over $1,000. Partly that was because I decided to include a floppy (not necessary anymore these days) that was name-brand/good reviews, and because I selected a dvd that matched my case.

The "budget" keyboard and mouse were next to worthless, so I had to change plans on those parts and pay more than just a few bucks.

I am resisting the urge to upgrade (more ram, faster vid card, do a raid setup), since my goal is to just enjoy a fast, stable comp at a good price.

Got mine last year for about $2200 CAD after taxes. (OMG stuff are so expensive over here, and the tax is 15%!! This is what happens when you have lots of land but no one living in it, lol, 1/10th population of the USA)

Specs:
MOBO: DFI Lanparty NF4 UT Ultra-D
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
RAM: OCZ PC4000 EL VX Gold 2x512MB
GPU: XFX GeForce 6800GT 256MB
HD: Seagate 160GB SATA
DVD: LG 16X Dual Layer DVD burner
PSU: EasyMedia 480W dual fan, blue LED
MONITOR: BenQ FP72G+S 8ms 17" LCD
CPU FAN: Thermaltake Venus 12
CASE: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream (silver w/ side window)
I/O: M$ wireless keyboard+mouse combo
SPEAKERS: Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speaker system
Extras: 1x80mm fan

The speakers are pretty terrible, but oh well, I practically never listen to music on my computer (iPod). :grinthumb

Gameing System:
Processer: Intel Pentium 4 extreme edition 3.4 ghz $1010
CPU Cooler Thermaltake CL-P0030 $40
Motherboard:Intel 915G BTX formfactor $ 225
Video Card:ATI Radeon 800XT $320
RAM:4 GB corsair pc 3200 $660
Sound Card:Turtle Beach Montego $80
Hard Drive 1: Western Digital Raptor 150GB $300
Hard Drive 2:Western Digital Caviar RE 250GB $115
DVD-/+RW:NEC Dual Layer 16x $50
DVD-ROM: Hatachi 16x $35
Case:Thermaltake Kandalf VA9000SWA Silver in BTX config $230
TV tuner card:AVerMedia MTVPVR15P $65
Power Supply:PC Power&Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 $230
OS:Windows XP Media Center Edition$150
Floppy Drive:SONY Black Internal Floppy Drive Model MPF920 $10

Total: $3520


Server
Processer: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 754 Claw Hammer core) $120
CPu Cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Silencer64UltraTC $18
Motherboard: MSI K8MM-V $69
Memory: 1GB Kingston PC 3200 $100
Video Card:MSI GeForce FX 5200 $50
Sound Card:Seal 32 bit 6 CH $30
DVD-rom:Teac 16x $40
Hard Drive1: Seagate Barracuda 500GB $380
Hard Drive 2:Seagate Barracuda 500GB $380
Tape Drive:SONY SDX-700V/R 260GB AIT-3 $1360
Rev Drive:Iomega 90GB $280
Case:Antec Solution 1650 Beige $75
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 470 $99
OS:Redhat Enterprise Linux $1115
Floppy Drive:Alps electric co. Beige Floppy Drive $10

Total: $4126

Mine's a frugal computer
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-K8NS-Ultra-939 S939
CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ S939
RAM: Kingston 256x2 Dual Channel
GPU: Gigabyte X600 Pro 128MB TVOut DVI PCIE16x
HD: Seagate 200GB 7200RPM 8MB, Seagate40GB 5400RPM
CD-ROM: Samsung 52x52x32 CD-RW
PSU: 400W P4 PSU
MONITOR: Hitachi 17" CM615 CRT

Total Price: $600AUD
It was a bit of a rip off of about $100 when I realised a computer shop down the road from where I usually buy my computer parts was cheaper >.<

My System:

Monitor: Sony SDM-S94 Flat Pannel- $600(already owned so $0 for this comp)
Speakers: Altec Lansing 2-Channel-$30
Mouse/Keyboard- Logitech Wireless EX110-$36.50
Case- Aspire X-Dreamer w/400watt PSU-$50
CPU- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (venice core)-$161.40
HD-Maxtor Diamond Max 200GB 7200RPM-$88
RAM- 2x512mb Ultra PC3200 running DC- $55(already had a stick)
MOBO- Asrock 939Dual-SATA2- $80
Video Card-Sapphire X1300 pro PCIE 16x 256mb-$101
PSU- XG Vigor 450watt-$47
DVD/CD- NEC 16x DVD burner-$50(from another comp also)
Case fan-120mm Aspire-$7

Total(everything): $1360.90
Total(only new stuff):$649.90

All purchases from Zip zoom fly and New Egg (both had awesome shipping 2days!)

I forget all the details of the mess of a transaction I had with MacMall. But I got that $1999 15" Powerbook G4 1.67, with the superdrive. So I paid a little less than that (because I actually ordered the 1.5 but they ran out of stock after I ordered), but then a bit more after I upped it to 1.5Gigs of ram, but then a little less after the rebates came in.

This began life as a Compaq bundle from Fry's and became:
<snip>

Hey, what a coincidence...Mine began life as a Compaq too (don't remember from where, got it for my 14th birthday, almost 7 years ago :grinthumb)

Was:
Compaq Presario 5150
K6-2 350
8gb Quantum Bigfoot (Bigslow)
Integrated ATI Rage LT 4 mb

Now: (Prices when I bought the components..I'd be sad if I compared to current prices)
Antec SX1200: $120
Antec Neo HE 500: $140
Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI: $80
Athlon 64 X2 3800+: $350
2gb OCZ PC3200 2-3-2-5 ram: $240
Geforce 7800 GT: $400
Memorex 16x DVD DL burner: $130
Optorite 48x CD burner: $50
WD Raptor 740GD (74gb SATA): $150
Maxtor 6B300S0 (300gb SATA): $180
Linksys WMP54G: $50
Soundblaster Live: $40
Logitech Cordless Desktop: $130
KDS 19" CRT: $300
Klipsch Promedia v.2-400: $200?

Total: $2560

Although the grand total is far more than that since basically I've just upgraded the computer instead of building a new one time after time.

My last biuld;

Athlon 3200+ Venice $154
AsRock DualSATA2, $68
OCZ Gold VX 2x512 $148 (refurbished)
Radeon 9200 (had already) $60
FSP 450w PSU $49
Case and fans were free, old drives, keyboard, monitor...
-$479 +shipping

Time for some upgrades. PCI-E video comming soon.

Biuld before that;

Intel 540, $118 off Ebay.
Asus P5P800, $46 (refurbished)
OCZ Gold R2 2x256 $80
Rosewill radeon 9600 $39 (refurbished, with coupon)
Sky Hawk/Eagle Tech Alunimum case $18 (on sale) alot like a Lian-Li
old Cooler Master 350w PSU I had from another case, old drives, keyboard, monitor...
-$301 +shipping

need more upgrades...I swaped the 540 with my 530j and added a silver NEC DVD/RW for $40.

I feel cheap. :grinthumb

I bought a dell and modified it a lot sot here r the prices:

Original Dell - $470
-2.26 ghz
-512 mb
-40 gb hdd
-**** mobo
-**** power supply (185 watts)
-very sturdy but a bit too small case

-ASUS P4P800E Deluxe $140
-All-in-wonder 9800PRO $250
-512 stick $40 (boxing day sale)
-DVD-ROM $30
-New Case and PSU $80
-Fan controller $60
-Cyber Acoustics 2.1 68 watts speakers $60
-Logitech MX 510 $25
-Slim Keyboard $40
-Webcam $35

Thats $1200 Exactly... Remember i live in Canada so prices are higher

Antec P180 case $140
Antec Phantom 500 PSU $175
AMD 64 X2 4400 $490
2x1gb Mushkin Red Line PC4000 Ram $348
Asus A8N-SLI Premium $229
Asus EN7800GT TOP SILENT $449
SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum $229
ATi TV Wonder Pro $79
300gb Maxtor SATA HDD $179
4x80gb WD HDDS RAID 0 $359
Sony DRU710A DL-DVD $99
Plextor PX-716SA/SW $139
Klipsch ProMedia DD-5.1 Preamp $167
Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Speakers $399
Dell 2405FPW 24" Widescreen Monitor $800

$4281 Plus tax/Shipping

Upcoming changes;

Scrap the Asus mobo for a DFI
Scrap the Asus GPU for a BFG
Scrap the ATI TV Tuner for a FusionHDTV
Replace the 4x80gb WD for 4x150GB WD Raptors

Then I will just have to wait for Lexicon or Meridian to make a REAL sound card.