I think I'll probably go with this one.
www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/armor/va8000bws.aspI'll probably remove
teh ghey little doors.
Here's what I have in mind for the system (newegg.com):
Thermaltake XASER, Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window - Retail
Thermaltake A2309 iCage 5.25" bay convert to 3 x 3.5" HDD Module - Retail
Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply- Retail
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 433 (PC 3500) Dual Channel Kit
eVGA 256-P2-N555-AX Geforce 7600GT CO Superclocked 256MB PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
2 x Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
SONY E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write Model DRU820A - Retail
MITSUMI Beige 1.44MB 3.5" Internal USB2.0 8 in 1 Floppy Drive Model FA404A/404M BG Kit - Retail
U.S. Robotics USR5699B 56Kbps PCI Bus (Plug and Play) Internal Fax Modem - Retail
Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse.
Dell 20.1" wide screen LCD.
I was pricing Intel systems, and something with similar power was more expensive. Of course, Intel stuff often "just works," while you have to tweak AMD systems.
Sound pretty cool?