do a couple of searches on
www.mtbr.com. i've seen that some folks have had to tabulate in a spreadsheet the different components, and MSRP for those. not sure how they would handle any sort of depreciation
in the 3k range today, i would probably get a santa cruz nomad or equivalent (spec enduro, titus el guapo, transition covert, giant reign, etc), although currently i have an SC blur LT2