the one im building for myself is going to run me around $3000(little more actually i havent calculated it all yet) but will decimate all.
nzxt nemesis case-$80 at tigerdirect.com maybe cheaper somewhere else but not sure
wd 320 gb hd-$130 from tigerdirect.com i think the same one at newegg was like $20 more but i may be thinking of another site
4x ocz platinum series 1gb ddr ram strips-$487 from newegg
soundblaster sc-$120 from tigerdirect(havent checked elsewhere yet)
internal dvdrom-$34 from td
external dvd rw-$70 from td
cpu- amd athlon 64 x2 4800+ - $690 from td(havent checked on newegg yet)
mobo-dfi lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard -$210 from td(maybe cheaper on newegg but havent checked)
vc- 2x diablotek geforce 6600 512mb-$250 from td(not sure if it is a good vc tho, any suggestions?)
cooling-zalman reserator kit-$240 from td maybe cheaper elsewhere
speakers- logitech z5500-$280 from td(i have checked around and this is the cheapest i have found it unless newegg has changed their price in the last couple of weeks)
keyboard- logitech g15- $80(same price everywhere)
external hd- fantomdrives 80gb-$80 from td
os-xp home edition oem version- $80 from newegg
and about $80 in lights, fans, light control, thermal gel, and biometric scanner