Wow Stan this is getting way out of hand.
If you are anxious to run FS2k you can get a Gateway setup for £990. But it ain't necessary.
However, 1 x ATX Tower with a Supermicro SBA6 motherboard will set you back a total of £145ish. A Celeron 400mhz CPU will cost you £75-80. A 16mb Matrox Millenium G400 graphics card will cost you about £90 depending on where you get it. 128mb of Ram about £150 tops, again depending on where you get it. I assume you have a sound card and modem so the cost will be around £500 but it is DIY job. THIS is what it cost ME so no B/S. If you want and 8gb hard drive they are cheaper now at about £80. In fact the bytes are going up and the price is coming down - can't be bad. DABS Direct is good and so is Software Warehouse.
Of course, if you don't have a monitor you can be thinking £180 for a 17" these days.
Don't be driven by outlandish packages, they usually do not have the BEST in them to run FS2K. You certainly DO NOT need all the OTHER aforementioned.
What I have said above is the same that I run right now. It's great, it works well and is reliable. I have been running FS2K since October and my frame rates are high etc., etc.,
E-mail me if you wish and I will be happy to discuss it further.
[This message has been edited by InFinRetirement (edited 04 February 2000).]