My P4 3.4 is 5 years old (Win XP GF 7600gt 2 Gig Ram) and struggles a bit with the newer games like X3 Terran conflict for example.
I definitely buy a new computer before SH5 comes out, Windows vista was my main hold back for not buying a new system.
I only hope that Windows 7 won't let me down with the maybe high expectations I have
