my p3 rig cost me 51K and the present rig ( p4 2.8 northwood , 768mb ram , intel 865gbf mobo , 80GB hdd , dvd rom drive , cd rw drive , 300w VIP smps ( will upgrade to powersafe 400w soon... ) , logitech mx310 mouse , awesome plain keyboard , geforce 4 mx 440 AGP 8X ( for sale not installed ) , 6600 128MB , logitech wingman gamepad extreme , Samsung 17" monitor 773S , USB 56K modem , awesome TVS ups lite all come around to 50K . i know this is a long post