New computer - thoughts?

[AVGWarhawk]

I would same the same as well for the processor. The AMD are super processors and are less costly. I run the Phenom 9850 x4. Great processor and can overclock all day long if you want. I find I do not have to at all. But, whatever you decide the rig will be excellent and if you are replacing a 4-6 year old rig the difference between the two will be night and day. I truly love my rig:

AMD Phemon 9850 X4
8 gig DDR2 RAM
EVGA 9800GT vid card
Forget the hard drive. Just a regular drive.
Usual CD ROM and DVD ROM players.
Vista 64 as the OS

I do recommend 64 bit for you Window 7 OS. At any rate, your machine will be considerably faster than mine and I consider mine lighting fast. Internet browsing is amazing. The page loads so fast sometimes I sit there for a second wondering what happened only realizing the machine has completed the task quickly. Plus, multiply cores are just a great idea. I play games while multiple other applications are open doing their thing. The machine does not even burp. As for the additional RAM, the old days my hard drive would act like virtual memory when playing games. This slowed things and was a pain. Not anymore with 8 gigs. My drive loads the game and sits silent as I play. Furthermore, the days of looking at a game to see if your rig can play it are over. You simply pay, load, push all the buttons to full in the option screen and play.