Loser "Gamers" waiting for PS3

[Monketh]

I have never had $1,500 to sink into a rig.  My current build is $400-ish, before monitor.
Could you run Oblivion?

[LARAGORN]

I have never had $1,500 to sink into a rig.  My current build is $400-ish, before monitor.
Could you run Oblivion?

Same here but by picking my parts, for 500 bucks I can play Oblivion

[Monketh]

Play it with graphics and speed high enough so it would be fun?
Out of curiosity and envy, where do you buy your parts?

[Akaye]

What are the PC system requirements for Oblivion? I have posted them below. 

Recommended:

3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
1 GB System RAM
ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit
512MB System RAM
2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
128MB Direct3D compatible video card
and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;
8x DVD-ROM drive
4.6 GB free hard disk space
DirectX 9.0c (included)
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series
ATI x800 series
ATI x700 series
ATI x600 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX series

[LARAGORN]

Play it with graphics and speed high enough so it would be fun?
Out of curiosity and envy, where do you buy your parts?

There are many good online stores with great prices on hardware. But there is always a one man shop with great prices in every town.
I ussually make it a rule never to buy first generation anything, 3rd and 4th are always more stable not to mention a lot cheaper.
I start by finding a MoBo I like, watch for a sale and grab it, then CPU the same way. It took me a year and a half to build the one I have now, it is far from state of the art, but there is little I cannot do.