I would recommend a Dual core or better with around 2.6 Ghz. (minimum)
I would use a quad core preferably with about 3.4 Ghz to give the system room to move while your playing you game.
AMD produce many 3.4 Ghz quad core and higher chips at around $199 AUD.
I would recommend an AMD A10 6800K APU.
I use a 6 core AMD Phenom II and that runs SH5 flawlessly at over 60FPS (Screen only supports 60 Hz)
A motherboard with a hypertransport of over 2000Mhz.
A Graphics Processing unit with a Engine clock of 733 Mhz and a memory clock of over 1250 Mhz with at least 1.25 GB of dedicated memory (GDDR5)
I use an Nvidia GTX 570 but that is quite old, but it does that job to an acceptable level (Runs Sh5 at max video settings at a resolution of 1920x1200)
AMD also have a GPU called the HD 7950 can be picked up for around $300 AUD, which is a middle/high end GPU, but if your really a hardcore gamer who wants a good GPU that will last a long time would be the AMD 7970 which can be picked up for about $450 AUD.
DirectX9c compliant sound card.
10 GB (Miniumum) HDD space, around 15 or more if you want to download many mods.
1 (minimum Windows XP) 2 (Minimum for Windows Vista/7) or more (4 GB is enough) gigabytes of 1600Mhz dual channel DDR3 RAM.
You would also need a power supply of around 700 Watts to accommodate such hardware.
A dual channel sound system, like headphones or dual channel speaker system, I would recommend a 2:1 channel system.
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