Dream computer

[yaki]

Most of my dreams would be way, way over $2000. For that you get my basic softboxing computer: a quad core CPU and a slew of RAM, plus a decent video card (~500MB+ of VRAM if possible) and reliable parts for whatever other guts are necessary to make it turn on.

Also TH is at the shallow end of the gene pool as far as hardware sites go. Try [H], Anandtech, something like that. Even for the forums...the more technically adept people will tend to register at the better sites. But really, the above is what you need, plus a quick read-over once you have a complete build together to get it checked for things like POS power supplies.