229.99 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...ufacture=Intel

202.92 - Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R ATX LGA775 Conroe P35 DDR2/DDR3 1PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...cture=Gigabyte

257.59 - Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 625MZ 512MB 1.8GHZ 256BIT GDDR3 PCI-E 2XDVI TV-OUT Lite Retail Video Card

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...cture=SAPPHIRE

134.15 - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 32BIT DVD OEM

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...ture=Microsoft

79.99 - Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 DDR2 1GB 1X1GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN DIMM Memory

79.99 - Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 DDR2 1GB 1X1GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN DIMM Memory

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...L%20TECHNOLOGY

(Listed twice, purchasing two.)

Total, before tax and shipping: $984.83 to cover the essentials for a new system. I'd pay the drives, sound and accessories myself with a wishlist like that covered!