Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHZ Processor: - $375 My estimated street price
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 motherboard - $90
G.SKILL 8GB(4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) - $230
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad (Black) EPS12V 750W Power Supply - $170
Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB (512MB x 2) video card - $450
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $105
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $120
Estimated total: $1540
Goal: Overkill 64-bit machine w/ maximum amount of ram, 1GB video memory, and overclocking potential to run at 3.2GHz - 3.5GHz
Later upgrades: High end sound card, and Blu-ray drive.
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