Quote Originally Posted by BeepBeep2 View Post
I am actually building one of these for a customer soon.

A8-3850 - $130
Mobo with DVI+VGA+HDMI, USB3 = $100
DDR3 (2x2GB DDR3-1600) $30
PSU - Corsair Builder Series 430w = $42, $29 after MIR
CASE - Lian Li Lancool PC-K58 = $60
1TB Seagate HDD = $50
Optical w/ Lightscribe = $22
OS that you forgot - Win7 HP = $100
Keep current monitor as they bought one within the last few years, keep KB/Mouse as they have one = $0

Price: $534
I completely forgot about an OS, but even still, as you pointed out a person can save if they can reuse any old hardware. If not... there's always Linux for free lol

I think those specs will make a really good all-around system, more-so than the G/GX chipset motherboards with a similarly clocked Athlon II X4. There's quite a bit of upgrade potential with these, which I hope AMD can stick with that socket for a few years so people can upgrade bits and pieces here and there