up until mid last year I was using this box: (since '04)

Amd athlon 2500+ barton core (laptop processor) overclocked to 3800+ spec

1gb ram (which was A LOT when i got it, in 04, costed 269 for the ram alone)
ati radeon 9800xt 256mb (this card was BALLLLLER back in the day)
etc etc

the only reason i stopped using it was bc the power supply went and i just started using my laptop more and more (core 2 duo t7500, 4gb, radeon hd 2600)

but if the power supply didn't go i'd still be using that system... it was nice... played battlefield 2 on pretty high settings.... awesome sound card... and 5.1 speakers... awesome music box... etc