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					Originally Posted by SteveDallas
					
				 
				I did my dad's for under $500 back before Christmas last year.  Of course I cheaped out on the case & power supply.  (Remember, these are almost a year old.) 
 
CG case/ power supply.. $40 
ASUS A7V8X-MX mobo .. $60 
AMD Athlon 2400+ CPU .. $81 
Crucial 512MMB DDR RAM .. $74 
Teac floppy drive .. $8 
40GB Seatgate hard drive .. $58 
Lite On CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo .. $51 
Win XP Home OEM edition .. $91 
 
Plus $23 shipping from Newegg. 
			
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 Amusing and sad that the most costly thing on that list is also the biggest turd.