[quote=&quot;THC_M1K3YP00H&quot;][color=green:77763247ee][b:77763247ee]Maybe I'm just the oddball, but I haven't spent more than $1000 on a new PC, since my first  8O [/b:77763247ee][/color:77763247ee][/quote]
Not at all... My first computer cost me $80 including the 13&quot; monitor :)
Ziggo  = ~2003 $80 used, Pentium 120MHz Acer
Ziggo2 = ~2003 around $800 BYO, AMD Athlon XP 1800 (1533MHz) ATI 8500DV Asus AA7v333+RAID
Ziggo3 = ~2004 rescued from a dumpster, Pentium II 166MHz (I think) and I killed it trying to get linux and networking to work
Ziggo4 = ~2004 $120 used, Dell Optiplex, Pentium III 733MHz
Ziggo5 = ~2007 under $1000 BYO, Pentium D 805 2667 MHz ATI x1950 XT Asus P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi
BYO = build yer own.
Of course... those are just initial build prices... I'm always upgrading when I can - I've put a lot of money into Ziggo2 over the years and will probably do the same with any computer I use every day.