Ars System Guide 200608: http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/system-guide-200608.ars

Case:
APEVIA X-QPACK Aluminum Case w/ 3 Window-blue (X-QPACK-BL/420)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144110 ($86 20060828)
http://aspireusa.net/product.php?pid=145
review: http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2464 
# 3 x side see-through windows
# Front 2 x USB2.0, 2 x Audio, 1 x Firewire
# 1 x front LCD temperature readout
# 1 x 120mm blue UV LED fan at rear
# 5 x drive bays: 2*5.25" + 1*3.5" + 2*3.5"(int)
# ATX 420W 12V power supply

Motherboard:
ASUS A8N-VM CSM Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131570 ($77 20060828)
# CPU Type: Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64
# DDR Standard: DDR 400 (PC 3200)
# Dual Channel Supported: Yes
# FSB: 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
# Maximum Memory Supported: 4GB
# Number of DDR Slots: 4x 184pin DDR
# PCI Express x1: 1
# PCI Express x16: 1
# PCI Slots: 2
# South Bridge: NVIDIA nForce 430

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core (ADA4200BVBOX)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103547 ($187 20060828)

Cooling:
ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu LED 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan (Zalman CNPS7000 Copper)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118119 ($39 20060828)

Video:
eVGA 256-P2-N583-AR Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 (NVIDIA GeForce 7900GT)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130032 ($280 20060828)
# Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
# Core clock: 500MHz (Standard 450Mhz)
# DirectX: DirectX 9
# DVI: 2
# Memory Clock: 1500MHz (Standard 1320MHz)
# Memory Interface: 256-bit
# OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0
# PixelPipelines: 24

RAM:
OCZ Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit (OCZ4002048PFDC-K)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146970 ($205 20060828)

HDD:
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFDRTL 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136035 ($330 20060828)

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415 ($58 20060828)

(...or just use existing Raptors from CrazyHarry...)

Optical:
Pioneer 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Read Black ATAPI Model DVR-111D - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129001 ($32 20060828)


Total:    $1294