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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5029210" data-attributes="member: 8835">I was at a Windows95 presentation and during the Q&A, I asked if it would support my new 1.2GB drive that needed a boot overlay to overcome the CMOS limit on drive size.  Before the MS rep could answer, some dumb ass in the crowd shouted, "what would you ever need 1.2GB of space for?"It seems that short sighted people in technology have always existed.To the OP, it's your money, but are you sure you want to spend on a gaming PC that has a short life cycle, requiring regular upgrading just to keep up with the latest game?For $300, you can get a PS3 or 360 that plays Dragon Age.  Either console has a longer run left than the typical PC in the "games race"For $300-500, you can get a laptop with 2GB of ram, and some Windows OS that'll surf the web and run Office.It's your call, but as a guy who works in the tech industry, I got out of playing PC games in 2000 or so.  I got tired of the constant churn for faster processors/video/memory just to play the latest game.  Whereas Sony has kept to a 6 year cycle on every playstation platform. Every one of my PS's has been a first release unit and survived past the launch of the new generation.  Though it churned a little faster, even MS is sticking to that, namely because they know Sony is on a 6 year clock, so at this point, they can also stick to 6 years and still get a year headstart with the "next" xbox.</blockquote>