AMD Sempron 3200 with Asus M2N68AM+ and 2 GB DDR2, 160GB for OS(W-XP,W-7,2008-R2) and 2TB for data Believe me...its not that bad!
Paid for a core i9-3930K in June 2012 for desktop, and i7-2760qm for laptop in Sep 2011. Frankly for desktop, wondering what was the need but the deed has been done and it is not a second rate processor. If you are an Indian or from the Indian diaspora across the world, Happy Diwali. I meant Indian, not `American' Indian.