I am going to buy a new desktop probably early next year, here is the specs I have in mind...

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Box Ed.
Mobo: Asus M3A78-CM
RAM: 3X 2GB Kingston DDR3
HDD: 1TB Seagate or Western Digital 7200RPM
GPU: Inno3D 9800GT 1gb ddr3 256bit /hdmi
Soundcard: Creative SB Audigy 7.1 Value
PSU: 600w
Casing: I will just use a cheapo generic, afterall in a PC its the inside that counts.

No more optical drives cause I will just use my external DVD drive to save on cost. Also I already have a 19" LCD from my current desktop as well as keyboard and mouse.