$2700 is what the parts cost... I built it myself in Nov. 2009
i7 Quad, Raptors in a Raid-0 for O/S, three data drives (cust files drive mirrored, and "other" storage) 2 TB backup drive, BR Burner, DVDRW, loads of cooling, 12gb RAM, etc...
Same machine today is probably $1200!