didnt know that about rambus, then again it was always too expensive compared to SD for my blood.
heres my system that i built around 2000 or 2001:
21" Dell WXGA (widescreen) LCD monitor $600 (i got it for free cuz they messed up my dads order
)
Asus P4C80-E Deluxe MoBo (ICH5R i believe, integrated SATA, the whole nine yards)
P4 2.4 GHZ 533 FSB (hopefully i get a 3 GHZ 800 FSB p4 for christmas, all the newer ones are so damn expensive)
2x256 mb DDR RAM dual channel config, gonna add another 2x256 cuz kde needs more memory
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 (was supposed to be a Pro but i was dumb and didnt read what i was ordering, no wonder it was only $50
)
Plextor DVD-R/RW +/- burner max 4x (piece of ****, never buying a plextor again)
LG CD-R/RW Burner max 48x (i think) DVD-ROM
80 GB Western Digital 8mb buffer
80 GB Maxtor Diamondmax +9 SATA 8 mb buffer
Klipsch 2.1 Surround Sound
as you can see i havent updated it in awhile, most of my money now is goin into my car.