@rflores It cost me around $1500 not counting any labor.
Hardware
1 x ASUS F2A55-M LK PLUS FM2 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
1 x AMD A8-5600K Trinity 3.6GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic ...
1 x Crucial 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model CT51264BA1339
1 x Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
1 x Rosewill R103A Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with 350W 20+4 pin connector Power Supply
1 x Logitech MK200 Black USB Wired Slim Mouse and Keyboard Combo
1 x Logitech LS21 7 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.1 Stereo Speaker System - Black
Asus 21.5 LED 1080p
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Patrick I agree. It would be nice if you could simply pull down an out of the box image that includes plugins etc. I have mine setup where ROMS, Movies, TV, etc are on a separate partition or pointing to my nas4free box. Makes it easier to duplicate per project I do for my man cave (htpc, jukebox, arcade, etc).