BUILD!!!! ALL THE WAY!!!

Here is an idea for a killer system:

Aspire X-SuperAlien 21 Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio - 500-Watt Power Supply
- $175.99

Asus A8V Deluxe Via Socket 939 ATX Motherboard and AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Processor - $279.99

2 sticks - Ultra 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory CL3 @ $49.00 ea. - $99.98

Sapphire Radeon X800 XT/ 256MB GDDR3 / AGP 8X / VGA / DVI / VIVO / Platinum Edition Video Card - $549.99

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Sound Card - $199.99

Maxtor / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-133 / EIDE Hard Drive - $99.99

Toshiba 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner and 16x DVD ROM OEM(comes with two seperate drives - one DVD-R and one DVD-RW) - $89.99

Logitech MX Duo Cordless Multimedia Keyboard and Mouse Combo - $59.99

NEC LCD1912 / 19-inch / 1280 x 1024 / Silver / LCD Monitor - $399.99

That is a KILLER gaming system for a total of $1955.90 (+ tax and shipping unfortunately )

All prices were taken from Tiger Direct's website as a basis. You can find cheaper prices on the same items at places such as pricewatch.com, newegg.com, ebay, etc... This is only a base from where you can build from.