Gasps !
I just saw the top right hand corner Peter.
You've made my point about gen(0) v gen (-1) technology
I built my system for less than a third of that last October. The only real point of contact is that I have an identical monitor to yours (except it's LG not Samsung). Take that out of the mix and I think I could build 4 of mine for the price of yours.
Still I'm not a gamer, so though I've got an SLI mobo, I've just got the one graphics card with a built in TV tuner (ATi AIW GT800 PCI-E) which is not built for gaming speed and has my lowest Vista score (4.5). It did manage a respectable 40fps peak at full resolution on the 3D test though (80 at default) and looked quite impressive
I too am heartened to see that there are still programmers out there who can squeeze a quart into a pint pot the way we used to do out of sheer necesssity !