maybe you missed the part where I said the "THE SAMS CLUB IN MY AREA DROPPED THE PRICE TO $950.00" $950 is still cheaper than the rig you are pricing and yours doesn't include a beautiful 24" monitor. If you don't need the monitor, fine, sell it on ebay. It retails for over $400. reducing the price paid for your new quad core system from $950 to under $600.

you can scrap the entire system for parts and still come out ahead.

I'll break it down even more for you:

24" monitor-$450
2x 500gb WD HDD-$150
blue-ray dvd player dvd writter w/ lightscrib- $120
q6600 quad core- $180
6gb ram- $50
total value of usuable parts-$950

Bonus parts- hp case, 350 psu, wireless keyboard and mouse, 15-1 media reader, ati 3650.