Comment Re:Newegg Cost (Score 1) 299
Monarch pricing for individual parts:
Thermaltake Shark Full Tower Aluminum Case Series w/Window No PS Black (VA7000BWA) $150.00
Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE-SFMA ATX 2.0 w/SLI Support 600W Power Supply $144.00
Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE1394/USB/PCI-E/SATAII/DDR/ATX 64 939 $179.00
AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 (939) (Retail Box-w-Fan) $1,015.00
Zalman CNPS7000-CU Copper CPU Fan For Intel 478Pin & AMD 64 (Socket754/939/940) $35.00
1 GB (2 pcs 512MB) DDR (400) PC-3200 Corsair w/LED Display (TWINX1024-3200XLPRO) $214.00 (I think you halved the NewEgg price on that. Double-check)
Western Digital 74 GB SATA 10K Raptor (WD740GD) $180.00
Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM (WD2500KS) $121.00 (242)
Plextor PX-716SA DVD±RW 16x8x16x DVD+RW 48x24x48x CD-RW SATA (OEM) $140.00
Mitsumi Floppy 7-in-1 USB Card Reader/Smart Media Internal Drive (Black) $25.00
Leadtek GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) $465.00 (930)
Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS Platinum INT Drive Sound $179.00
D-Link DWL-AG530 Tri-Mode Dualband (2.4/5GHz) Wireless 108Mbps PCI Adapter (Retail Box) $72.00
Pricing is pretty comparable no?
The extra price comes from labor, burn time (costs money to burn, and from the hand-painted auto-quality paintjob (if you look at their site, they're charging like $400 for the custom painted case)