What sort of Hardware are you all running now?

[Big Booger]

H55 motherboard $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-186-_-Product
Core i3 530 CPU $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-222-_-Product
220 Watts 80= certified PSU $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...US%20Certified
(the 55$ PSU will be the component that will allow the PC to use about 25Watts power)
DDR3 4GB RAM $100 (any DDR3 will be fine, and you can use less. I am using 2 GB currently on the HTPC)
Any case $40
Any HDD $60 (low rpm drives, or eco drives better to reduce power consumption)
425$ total
and if you have parts around, even better.
I did some numbers last week, and 25 Watts PC will use a little over 3$ of electric a month, and a 480 Watts about 51$.
If your electricity is even more expensive it makes more sense to go low power. And windows 7 is quick to wake up from sleep, so it is easy to put the computers to sleep now

That's a good price on current hardware and if I do upgrade then I'll do something similar
energy savings is a must as my electric bill is through the roof in Japan. Thanks DEHC

[Dehcbad25]

Yeah, I remember when I was there we tried to save on as much electricity as possible.
Here I have been trying to save on the computers because of work, where the savings can be multiplied