Lesse...well, my current box that I'm using is pretty good, considering I built it on a -tight- budget (Sub-$750). I certainly plan on upgrading it ASAP, since game load times are looooooong. Too long for my liking smile
AMD Athlon XP 2200+ w/ 266MHz FSB
512MB Single Crucial DDR-333 Stick
Shuttle AN35N Ultra/400 Motherboard
Western Digital Special Edition 80GB Hard Drive
Western Digital 20GB Hard Drive (Foraged from a dumpster in full working order!)
Samsung CD-R/RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Standard DVD-ROM Drive (Also foraged in full working order from a dumpster!)
Standard 3.5" Floppy Drive
RAID/IDE Expansion Card
D-Link DWL-520 WiFi Card 802.11b
ATi Radeon 9600
Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Sound Card
Belkin Firewire 1394 Expansion Card
And that's about it. Pretty decent, eh? My first box was built ONLY from dumpster parts, with no manuals. Since then, I've re-painted the case, fixed a few things, popped in brand-spanking new parts (For the most part) and VOILA! A nice, decently fast PC.