My friend and I "built" a gaming PC from parts on TigerDirect and NewEgg last night for just about $600.
That's with a GeForce 9800 GT, 8GBs of Kingston RAM, an Athlon 64 X2 6000+, a 500GB SATA hard drive, a Lightscribe burner, a 550 Watt PSU, and a widescreen LCD monitor.
We usually do...