So, after advice from you all...I got the closest thing I could to your suggestions, with my budget. I hope I did well? I'm taking it out of the box in a moment, and one of the first things I'll do is install my SH3 & 4...woo hoo

. Not to thrilled about the Vista part, but I can't stay with XP forever I suppose.
- Processor: AMD Phenom™ 9500 Quad-Core Processor (2.2GHz, 2MB L2 + 2MB shared L3 Cache, 2000MHz System Bus)
- Memory: 3072MB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1024MB 2x512MB) (expandable to 8GB)
- Hard Drive: 720GB (2x360GB) 7200RPM SATA hard drive
- Optical Drive: SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology 16x
- Video Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT graphics card with 256MB dedicated video memory, TV-out, DVI, and HDMI capabilities with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10. Up to 1535MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista
- Network Interface: Integrated 10/100BaseT network interface
- Sound: High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable
- Fax/Modem: 56k modem
- Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1