CPU: £140
Mobo: £116
RAM: £78 (No, I don't need more...! Linux never uses more than 256 MB, and if windows is properly configured it won't use more than 500 MB even with all my mem-hungry apps open - plus with a SCSI swap file, extra RAM gives you sod all benefit compared to virtual mem)
GF4: £175
Heatsink: £30
Ultrawide SCSI-3 LVD card: free
Segate Cheetah: £188
Seagate Barracuda: had already
Twin 120 GB: £280
DVD-ROM: had already
DVD-RW: £222
CD-RW: £50
Soundcard: had already
Case: had already
Win2k: had already
Linux: free
4 120 GB hard drives: £300 s/h
RAID card: £79
DrayTek router (seriously cute): £189
KVM switch: £35
Plus about £25 postage and packing
That comes to about £1900. Not bad, eh?
Anyone else wanna argue why you should always build your own?
