Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor E2200 ($73)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116063


Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 ($165)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...5037&Tpk=e8400


4GB DDR2 SDRAM (can be aslow as 30)


4 Gigabytes Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Memory (2 x 2GB DIMMs) ($65-90)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...s2&name=4GB%20(2%20x%202GB)

(unsure of video card) ($63-75)
(saying they go with a cheaper vcard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ce%209500%20GT)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 Video Card ($150-260)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...d&Order=RATING

Case will likly be cheap and not cool well, and though the arrmor isnt that great it got better airflow then most stock cases.

All in all its your likly to get better quality components in the Doghouse system, and with that it costs more (by all means I am no tech guru, that is what I see between the two)