[Neutrino]

Ali Magik chipset not good It will work but you loose way too muck performance. By far the best chipset for DDR 2100 is the Via Kt66A followed by the AMD 761. I very seriously recomend to do your best to get a mb with those chipsets or the K333. It is exactly what I was talking about that many companies build systems with excelent specs but cut corners to lower the price.

As for the price lets see some numbers. this is a system as i will build it and for the record I way serious about getting only the best stuff.

xp 2100 - 362$ note that xp 2000 is 100 less
MSI k7t 266 (via Kt266A chipset) - 117
cooler - 40
HD seagate baracuda IV 80GB 7200 RPM - 175
Toshiba DVD 16X - 70
Plextor 40X12X40 - 170
nic 3COM 905B-TX 10/100- PCI - 45
floppy - 14
audigy platinum - 200
case antec soho file server 350W - 130
1024 Pc 2100 samsung or micron - 350
titanium 4600 - 400
19 in samsung true flat monitor - 350
klipsch 5.1 - 300

Total 2700

but remember you can cut some money by gettin only512 ram and like a radeon 8500 without sacrificing any significant performance.