I found several websites that have outlines different machines for different price ranges. Everyone here has been a huge help.
I've started price shopping already, hoping to pick up a few things on special so I'm going to try and maintain patience
I think I will go with a $750 system so I have some play room for a monitor. I would still really like to be able to play on my big screen TV but it seems I would need a very high end video card.