My performace rig

Athlon TB 1.4GHz and Abit KT7A $230
Coolermaster HS $13
256M PC133 RAM $50
ATI Radeon 8500 64M $150
Philips 8x4x32 burner $40
Lite-On 16x40 DVD $30
Case $60
JBL PRO Full range 3" speakers "Free"
6" Bass tube w/ 100watt amp $50
1" Tweeters, 6" Woffers, 8" Passive Radiaters w/ 80watt amp $50
Maxtor 40G HD $160(LONG story...)
Axion 17" Monitor "Free"
fans $15
Optical Mouse $15

So...a bit under $900. I'd say it performs as well as could be expected. I mean, a friend of mine just build a XP1800 system(GF4 MX440) and I get MUCH better benchmarks in everything then he dose