The Beast and the Beastie (New Zealand $$ so most likely cheaper in US)
The Beast TOTAL PRICE: $12583 
CPU: AMD Athlon FX-57 - $1541
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe - $349
RAM: 2GB Mushkin XP Redline PC4000 - $379
COOLING: Swiftech H20-Apex Liguid cooling kit - $395
POWER: Turbo-Cool 850 SSI 850W PSU - $680
VIDEO: 2x XFX Geforce 7800GTX 512MB in SLI - $2198
SOUND: Creative X-Fi Elite Pro - $759
SPEAKERS: Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 THX - $590
OPTICAL 1: ASUS DRW-1608P2S DVD Burner - $75
OPTICAL 2: Samsung 16x DVD-ROM - $32
STORAGE: 4x Seagate 500GB SATII 7200rpm 16MB HDD - $2108
DISPLAY: Dell :hmm: 3007WPF 30" LCD Monitor - $2898
CASE LIAN-LI PC-V1100B - $395
INPUT: Logitech G5 laser Mouse and G15 Gaming kb - $184
The Beastie TOTAL PRICE: $2045
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice - $305
MOBO: DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra D - $161
RAM: 1GB OCZ Value VX BH5 - $189
PSU: Antec Smart Power 2.0 500W - $109
GRAPHICS: Sapphire ATI RADEON X800XT 256MB - $495
SPEAKERS: Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers - $89
OPTICAL: Sony 16x DVD Dual Layer Burner - $39
STORAGE: Western Digital 200GB 7200rpm SATA HDD - $121
DISPLAY: 17" Magview 8ms LCD - $295
CASE: Antec Super Lanboy Case - $122
MOUSE/KB: Logitech Deluxe KB, Razer Diamondback Plasma Mouse. - $68/$21