Question for you geniuses.

[Pablo]

Alright, I'm looking to build myself a decent desktop (from scratch). By 'decent' I mean ~2 GHz processor, 512 megs of DDR RAM, ATI Radeon 9000 (I've had bad experiences with nvidia cards, so don't even suggest 'em), a recent sound card, 30-gig hard drive, and a DVD+RW drive.

How much would all this cost me? Keep in mind that I'd be buying and assembling all this myself.

[Goat]

I cannt say off teh top of my head or do I care to go look, I'll like you to some places tho so you can add it up yourself.

New Egg (http://www.newegg.com/)

Tiger Direct (http://www.tigerdirect.com/)

E-Tech Warehouse (http://www.etw.com/?v=A3)

CDW (http://www.cdw.com/)

[Saffith]

You could do that all for about $400, though of course it's usually worth it not to buy the cheapest stuff...

[Kirby of Doom]

You might want to consider getting a larger hard drive than that. My laptop is 40 GB but I don't have mp3s, movies, or a lot of VGs so I can get away with it. Other than that the rest looks good.

[Beldaran]

If you want a hot gaming rig, with NO monitor, it will run you $600 - $700.

[cyberkiller6276]

You didn't mention a the 1337 case you are getting.
Good for you going with ATI. I don't like nVidia either.

A decent company that sells sound cards is Creative Labs. I would go with them if your budget is low.

[Ganonator]

last year i built the same computer, adding and Audigy sound card and winxp... cost roughly 650.