how do you figure that? 400$ is the cheapest i can find for even a low end system and thats just the motherboard/cpu/video/ram...not including anything else.

Cheap x2 = 70bucks
Cheap Ram=70 bucks
HD3850 512mb=170bucks
Cheap Mobo=50 bucks...


I dont understand how you got 125 out of that, id rather not downgrade.