I think I can budget for it. Fortunately (?), this does get contributions out of both the "home office" budget and the "home computer" budget, so it doesn't have to be bargain-basement. Mostly, I just don't want to pick really stinky parts for the money, or miss something with a truly amazing performance-to-cost ratio because I only checked 100 review sites instead of 101. If the total tag ends up being a little high, I guess I'll just buy fewer luxuries in 2009. Fortunately, I'm above hand-to-mouth level and can afford that. I'm just not much above, as could be extrapolated from what I do for a living, so I don't want to buy a $2,000 doorstop. I've already got one of those.