Computer Price Analysis from Late 2007

Total cost: $950 - $70 rebates = $880

So that corresponds to the system I actually built. Here are two theoretical systems:

Reasonable Price Ranges, per component


    Component Low End Mid/High End Difference
    Motherboard 80 180 100
    CPU 75 275 200
    Case 75 125 50
    Power Supply 0 100 100
    GPU 100 200 100
    RAM 50 150 100
    Hard Drive(s) 50 200 150
    Keyboard, Mouse 30 80 50
     
    Totals: 460 1310 850

Component	Low End	Mid/High End	Difference
Motherboard	80	180	100
CPU	75	275	200
Case	75	125	50
Power Supply	0	100	100
GPU	100	200	100
RAM	50	150	100
Hard Drive(s)	50	200	150
Keyboard, Mouse	30	80	50

Totals:	460	1310	850

I think it's nice to see that I ended up spending almost exactly in the middle of the "reasonable" price spectrum, even though I really didn't explicitly plan it out that way!