I specced the rig I would like to build earlier. $1K would handle it for me. It was a Phenom II X4 955, 4GB of G.Skill DDR3, A Gigabyte board, a 1TB WD Black, , a 4870 1GB, Corsair PSU, and an Antec Case. Didn't say I had the money for it, but it is nice to dream.