thevirginian
that is the way to do it here are some specs i am looking at right now for a build:

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 ****M DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $98

Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $99.99

EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $289.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail $279.99

COOLER MASTER Mystique RC-632S-KKN1-GP Black Aluminum/ SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $79.99

ASUS P5K LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $126.99

Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, CB, C-tick, CCC - Retail $79.99

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM $26.99x2

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail 80.99

Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM $111.99


All prices are from newegg.com. the list is a complete running system. These prices are about a month old. Some may have come down.