Hi all..been lurking here for a while..here is a good site to check charts and stuff for cpu,video cards,etc..(
http://www.tomshardware.com/us/) hope its ok to post link..I run a AMD athlon 64x2 duel core 5600+ with 4gig ram and 8600gt with 256 meg ram(I oc video card gpu about 140mhz and memory about the same) 750 gig sata2 HD..I use win xp with sp2..I run all the latest games on medium settings even crysis.....the only thing here i will need is a new video card like 9600gt with one gig of ram.Tiger direct is selling them for about $100.00 usa money..I should be set for another year or two then..Anyway check the site above you may be surprised to find the duel cores do great at gameing my amd athlon 64x2 5600+ out preformed several of the higher priced quad core cpu's on the gamring front..My point here is do some research and save some money..
Tim