What system would you buy for around $3k to $3.5k?
SONY Black IDE Combo Drive Model CRX320EE/B2S - OEM
Model #: CRX320EE/B2S
$31.00
SONY Black IDE DVD Burner Model DWQ28A - OEM
Model #: DWQ28A
$41.99
Lian Li PC-60BPlus Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: PC-60BPlus
$129.00
X2 Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD740GD
$366.00
X2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: ST3250823AS
$234.00
DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR
$198.00
X2 Leadtek WinFast PX7800GTX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: WinFast PX7800GTX
$998.00
OCZ ModStream OCZ52012U ATX 520W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: OCZ52012U
$129.00
X2 G.SKILL Extreme Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 600 (PC 4800) Unbuffered Samsung TCCD Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4800DSU2-1GBFR - Retail
Model #: F1-4800DSU2-1GBFR
$450.50
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4800CDBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA4800CDBOX
$888.19
Subtotal: $3,465.68
Edit: BTW, I actually really don't even recommend spending this much, it is just not necessary. You easily subtract big bucks by going down to 1 7800GTX, 1gig of RAM and 1 or 0 Raptors. Even with those changes the system would kick ass.