That's why I say "for the money", if you compare it to a $125 AMD, the Intel would be the preferred choice. You asked lol.

 the E4500 was released 2 years ago. Its outdated just like all of AMD's processors.

 Looks like I might have to build your rig for you. Max your willing to spend minus monitor (as one isnt listed in your above list) ?

AMD has lost it's ars since the Core 2 duo was released in the processor market. The 9900 Phenom wont even stand a chance vs the E8400 and it will be $80 more expensive.

ok, I'm wrong I found two Pentium class dual cores for about $75 but, both have lower bus speeds and are clocked 1.6 and 1.8Ghz. But, they do have larger Cache.

Still, don't see how this is better than what I have picked.

@ssj12, I am trying to stay

I've been building pc's for a long time. Intel vs. AMD has always cycled since AMD got in the market. Currently, Intel offers the best bang for the buck. This is the first time that Intel has had it this way since the highly over-clockable Celeron 300. But the Core Duo's stomp on AMD's current offerings. I'd suggest browsing over to Tom's Hardware Guide for some up to date comparisons.

 done

Remember that Mhz is not the only thing important for performance.

OpenOffice had some compatibility problems for me. Anyways, I bought office for 30€! Nice, legal and cheap.

Changed my CPU to the 4800 AMD X2 instead. For $15 it has a nice bump in ability.

$39.99     COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

$21.99 Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 B2L-00047 Black USB Ergonomics Keyboard Mouse Included

^ ill let you keep these

$89.99    Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD3201ABYS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

$89.99    GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail

$244.99  Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail

$59.99    APEVIA Concord ATX-MR500W ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail

$14.99    Rosewill RNX-G300E IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Card up to 54Mbps Data Rates Hardware-Base Encryption/Decryption Using 64-,128bit WEP keys, WPA and WPA2 are also supported - WINDOWS VISTA READY - Retail

$115.99  Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2K2/2GN - Retail

$38.99    ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T - Retail

$79.99  ASUS EN8500GT TOP/HTP/256M GeForce 8500GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail

$203 (rounded) with no OS/Monitor

You choose OS:

$169.99  Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM

 Leaving you with $33 out of the $1000 I started with

or

$139.99   Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2C - OEM

Leaving you with $63 with the better OS with a future update that will increase speeds 10 - 13%

Monitor is up to you. I would recommend this though.

$179.99   Acer AL1916WAbd Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail