Up here in Canada in my area the cheapest graphics card updates are between 100-160.00, and (as I've got 2 512 sticks now) about the same for 2gb of RAM.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ dual core 2.3ghz 4gb ram Nvidia 8800 Gt 512 mb Windows Xp 64 bit 19 inch lcd monitor, and 17 inch crt monitor 160 gb primary hd 500 gb secondary hd Got three fans installed so its a bit noisy, but she runs beautifully. Crysis plays awesome, and Zbrush and Unreal Ed work pretty smoothly too
Abit IP35-Pro Quad Q6600 4 GB Patriot DDR Ram GeForce 8800 GTS 512 mb WD Caviar 320 GB Sata HD (Main, O.S. + Programs) WD Caviar 750 GB Sata HD (Data, self-explanatory) Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit 20" 206BW Samsung monitor (Would like to eventually have two of these) APC Battery Backup/Power Supply (I never want to…
Antec 900 case (Tons of giant and silent fans :) - no sound but does need dusted every 6 months) Abit IP35 Pro Mobo (major heatsinks) Intel Duo 6600 Quad 2.4 (just OC'ed to 2.9) 4 gigs Corsair ram with huge heatsinks 10,000 rpm WD Raptor HD (150 gig) (spare WD old school 40 gig) 7600 gts card with 512 ram OC'ed X-Fi gamer…