Alright attached is a text file with the specs I put together to build a PC, if I had to put an estimate on it's power, I'd say slightly above middle of the road. I don't think it could be bought by a manufacturer.
The total price comes to $1720.86, which is significantly less than I thought it would be. Though, I didn't go top of the line on most of the equipment. The gist of it is: Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz in an ATX Intel motherboard, Radeon X1800XT vidio card, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS(with a nifty 5.25" front bezel and remote, I might add), Seagate 250Gb harddrive + Seagate 80Gb harddrive(the second mainly being for backing up data, not extra space), 2Gb DDR2 SDRAM RAM (PC2 5400), 19" widescreen LCD monitor, nice keyboard and mouse, speakers, floppy drive, a new fan (which I think is better than the one in the case), Window XP, and I think that's about it. The text file has all the details and links to each of the products on newegg.com. I'll probably go on Pricewatch to see if I can get some of it cheaper before I buy, but the prices are a general idea.
The reason I'm posting is to see if any of the real tech guys can give me any idea of some flaws they see in my choices. Will it all fit together, does it not have a large enough power supply, etc, etc. I figured most of the basic stuff out so I think it should all fit together. Anyway, I'm asking someone to do quite a bit of research here and look at these specs, so don't feel the need to do any work if you aren't up for it. If you are, I'd appreciate your input greatly.
EDIT: Alright, talked to some tech guys on another forum and they helped me to this setup
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Case:
XION Ultimate Engineering XON-002 Black/Silver Computer Case $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208004
Cooling:
Thermaltake Thunderblade A1926 120mm Sleeve Cooling Fan $9.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999127
Power Supply:
ASPIRE Chameleon ATX-AS550W-SV 550W $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148013
5.25" Drives:
Pioneer 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Read $35.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129001
SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s $19.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131
3.5" Drive:
SONY Black Internal Floppy Drive Model MPF920 Black $9.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821103116
Hard Drives:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148111
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $50.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148107
Motherboard:
ECS KN1 SLI Lite (1.0A) ATX AMD Motherboard $86.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135220
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor $235.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539
RAM:
Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel $162.99
Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141465
Video Card:
GIGABYTE Geforce 7900GT GV-NX79T256DB-RH-ED $299.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125031
Sound Card:
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum $202.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102163
Monitor:
AG Neovo AGM CW-19 Black 19" 4ms Widescreen LCD Monitor $222.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824163130
Input Devices:
Ideazon 2-Tone Keyboard $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823161019
Logitech MX518 2-Tone Mouse $39.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104178
Speakers and Headset:
Creative Inspire T3000 2.1 Speaker $41.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836116147
PLANTRONICS DSP500 PC Headset with Microphone Boom and $49.99
Digital Signal Processing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826106012
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition $119.99
* from Target
TOTAL $1847.84