I just spent $2500 for a new personal computer. And, that is probably $3,000 as it is being built by a friend of mine who is a Super Guru when it comes to computer hardware. The guy is amazing. He is going to build my HTPC as well.
He has like five home theaters and 40TBs of hard drive space with almost any series (24, Lost, etc.) and movie imaginable that he keeps the info on on an online repository that is too cool.
I wanted the 1GB/s card with the SSDs, but it was just too cost prohibitive.
