MDD powermacs are more expensive than Quicksilvers, which are more expensive than the others and it just trickles down with each revision.
an ideal setup would be a dual 1.42Ghz Wind-tunnel (MDD) PowrMac, but get as good of a machine as you can afford (system bus, drive bays, etc) and you can upgrade the other stuff down the road if you chose to go that route.