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Firstly, I know i'm slow on the post, so if you haven't already spent the cash, here's my 2 cents... 2Gb RAM makes a HUGE difference. Hellgate, for example, is virtually unplayable with anything less. I'm running a P4 3.0Ghz HT with 2Gb 800Mhz ram and a 7600GT on a Gigabyte P35 board. These old P4 H...

Yup, and you'll run all your games at your max res on a R5k PC...power to you buddy There's a balance to be found with hardware

Point made with higher resolutions, but I reckon a 8800GT would squash that issue.

My point is simply that HUGE premiums are charged for the latest hardware, and for what?

QX9650 for example...a Q9300 will probably do just as well in any game and it retails for one third the price

390W - sheesh. I'm glad i dumped my 350 for a 550. random resets were a hint too...

Through all my years of being an avid gamer, I have never owned a PC with hardware that was released within the last six months. I am currently running a P4 3.0Ghz HT on a GA P35-DS3L board with 2Gb 800Mhz DDR2 memory and a (brand forgotten) 7600GT 256Mb. The machine cost me around R5000, excluding ...