Ahhh save the suround sound for the living room! Save the money and go get some nice Definitive Lab Speakers and a Harmon Kardon Reciever.

Put this thing together last year:

- P4 3.46Ghz
- 320Gbs Barracuda HD (1x 200Gbs, 1x 120Gbs)
- 128Mbs ATI Radeon Sapphirre 9600 vid card (need to upgrade)
- 48x DVD+- R/RW, CD+- R/RW reader, 52x DVD+- R/RW, CD+- R/RW Writer (was 20$)
- 360W PSU (Got gold screws and fan protectors lol)
- Silver Guardian Case
- 15" Dell flat screen (150$)

AMD Athlon64 3500+
2g Samsung PC3200 RAM (4x512 matched)
200g Samsung Spinpoint sata HDD
Radeon 9800Pro 128mb (standard)
Twin DVD Burners (LG+Pioneer)
Arctic Cooling Silentium T1 Case

Iiyama 19' TFT
MX1000 Lazer Mouse

my new current system...

3700+ clawhammer, s754
Sythe Ninja HSF
Gigabyte GA-K8NE
1GB DDR500 mushkin (1x1GB @ 2.5-3-3-6 1T)
PCI-E e-VGA 6800GS
80GB WesternDigital HD
CoolerMaster 450watt RS-450-ACLY PSU
AeroCool AeroEngine2 case
+2x thermaltake 120mm LED fans

= $670 Total for the system itself
+ some spare 120mm fans, LEDs, Fan controler and Thermal monitors, logitec MX510 and media KB, and Creative 2.1 T3000 speakers = $770 Total

I only tested it to make shur everything works, i dont have it put together and running right now because im buisy making measurments for a custom air duct mod im going to make for it so Everything, the CPU, GPU and Southbridge all run off on only 2 120mm fans.. so it should be virtualy noisless.

il probably have it clocked as so when i get it setup... CPU= 2.5Ghz @ 210fsb, GPU = 475mhz @ 1100mem

I know i can clock everything higher then that, but i didnt plan on overclocking at all, however its safe to say that that particular hadware can run easily at those setting with no extra stress on the system at all.

when i asembled the parts and tested them, these were my readings, no overclocking at all at this point...
CPU Temp = 23C idle 34C full load <-- the Ninja HSF can run fanless at idle but i ran it witha fan.
GPU = 34C idle, 52C full load
Doom3 Timedemo @ Ultra, 1024x, 2xAA, 16xAF = 89FPS.... same @ 1600x res = 49FPS
3Dmark05 = 5100
Aquamark3 = 67,000


im guessing once i OC it slightly it might score 5600 3Dm05, 78,000 Aquamark3

My Rig

AMD Sempron 3300+ (64 Bit)
Asus K8V-MX-EAYZ MotherBoard
1Gb DDR400 3200
Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra (Sweet)
Creative Soundblaster Soundcard
Acer AC713 17" CRT
Self Made (Modded) Case
7 Piece Fan Kit
5.1 surround set

Ohh and a 200GB Hard Drive