I saw this article and even though it was a few days old, thought some of you guys would find it interesting.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-pc-marathon,2058.html
This is a 500$ setup for a gaming PC. They also have a 1500$ setup and a 4500$ setup via links to other articles. These systems are meant to be overclocked, but should work fine if you don't want to. I could have posted this in the PC forum, but I figure those guys have already seen it. It is more beneficial to people coming into PC gaming that wants to build thier system from scratch.







