lowest: Pentium-D 805 2.66 LGA775 $90 Athlon X2 3600+ 1.9 AM2 $90 Medium: Xeon 3050 2.13 LGA775 $235 Opteron 1214 2.2 AM2 $246 Common: (i) Asus P5M2-M $225 (a) Asus M2N-LR $215 Antec SLK3000 B stock $25 Ram x2 Seagate ES x2 High: Xeon 5130 S 771 $353 Opteron 2216 2.4 F $380 (i) Asus DSBF-DE $330 (a) Asus KFN4-DRE $315 Seagate ES x4 Antec CS600 B-stock $40 Common: Enermax EG701AX-VE 600W EPS12V $120 Options: 3Ware 9650SE-2LP $200 3Ware 9650SE-4LPML $350 3Ware 9650SE-8LPML $550 Seagate ES ST3250620NS $83 Seagate ES ST3400620NS $140 Seagate ES ST3500630NS $180 Seagate ES ST3750640NS $310 Intel Pro/1000 PT EXPI9300PTBLK (single port) $35 Intel Pro/1000 PT EXPI9402PTBLK (dual port) $150 DDR2: Crucial 512M Non-ECC DDR2-667 CT6464AA667 $34 Crucial 1GB Non-ECC DDR2-667 CT12864AA667 $60 Crucial 2GB Non-ECC DDR2-667 CT25664AA667 $242 Crucial 1GB ECC DDR2-667 CT12872AB667S $118 Crucial 2GB ECC DDR2-667 CT25672AB667 $320 FB-DIMM: Crucial 1GB FB-DIMM ECC DDR2-667 CT12872AF667 $125 Crucial 2GB FB-DIMM ECC DDR2-667 CT25672AF667 $365 Crucial 4GB FB-DIMM ECC DDR2-667 CT51272AF667 $1350 AMD: Total Monthly* Months @ price* Low: 684 57 6.8 @ 100 Mid: 892 74.3 5.9 @ 150 High: 2039 170 6.8 @ 300 Intel: Low: 694 57.83 6.9 @ 100 Mid: 891 74.25 5.9 @ 150 High: 2028 169 6.8 @ 300 Monthly is calculated with 12 month time to paid off Months is calculated assuming no cost for power, space or bandwidth Formula for addons: $cost / 9mos rounded to even-ish #