The plan has been modified yet again. Instead of having Monarch put all the pieces together, I can get the motherboard, CPU and RAM put together and burned in (no chance of getting a CPU or RAM DOA) and then I can shop around for the rest of the computer, case from thenerds.net, power supply from YesMicro, video card and hard drive from Monarch as well. The whole thing put together by Monarch would have cost $1,430.50 after all the various costs while if I put it together myself, I can route the cables how I want and set it all up to my standards and it comes out to $1,302.45 - a nice savings of $128.05. I also considered upgrading from the Athlon64 3700+ to the AthlonX2 4400+, but it will cost another $220, sending the cost up to $1519.45. The board is easily upgradeable in the future to the X2 when the prices drop and I can just drop in another video card or two in the future if need be and there's room for another 2 GB of RAM. All in all, this computer is EASILY upgradeable and will keep me on the cutting edge for quite a while.

Mobo Combos		Monarch	Newegg
MOBO	ASUS PREMIUM	179	195
PROC	AMD XP64 3700	310	325
RAM	TWINX2048	254	250
	FAN/SINK	8	0
TAX		0	55.82
SHIP		7.90	3.50
TOTAL		760.90	829.27
ANTEC CASE	102.57@thenerds	863.47
eVGA 6600GT	165@monarch	1028.47
Neopower 480	98.98@yesmicro	1127.45
Raptor 74GB	175@monarch	1302.45
ALT PROC 4400 X2	529@monarch mobo+proc+ram	977.90
+case +vid +P/S +HDD		1519.45

URL: MonarchComputer.com: Pre-Tested and Setup AMD Athlon 64/FX (939) Combo