This what I would do
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz $1109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103558
MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI" NVIDIA nForce4 SLI $178
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-487&depa=1
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM $265
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227210
VGA 256-P2-N528-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB $545
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130234
Seagate 200GB 7200RPMX2 $100
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=22-148-032&DEPA=1
Antec NeoPower ATX 480W $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=17-103-924&depa=0
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3540A $42
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047
Nec floppy $11
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-152-005&depa=0
CASE $100
Shipping $50
Total: $2499
Gaming rig screams AMD. Even the things that intel use to be better at is no longer as big when you put the athlon x2 4800 into the piciture. Gaming amd has always been better and still is. If you wanted to make is a more pure gaming rig you could get the fx-57 instead but I think the 4800+ more then good enough for gaming and it will also give you awsome performance mutitasking.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz $1109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103558
MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI" NVIDIA nForce4 SLI $178
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-487&depa=1
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM $265
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227210
VGA 256-P2-N528-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB $545
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130234
Seagate 200GB 7200RPMX2 $100
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=22-148-032&DEPA=1
Antec NeoPower ATX 480W $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=17-103-924&depa=0
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3540A $42
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047
Nec floppy $11
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-152-005&depa=0
CASE $100
Shipping $50
Total: $2499
Gaming rig screams AMD. Even the things that intel use to be better at is no longer as big when you put the athlon x2 4800 into the piciture. Gaming amd has always been better and still is. If you wanted to make is a more pure gaming rig you could get the fx-57 instead but I think the 4800+ more then good enough for gaming and it will also give you awsome performance mutitasking.