[pickles88]

for gaming get a desktop with AMD series. Intel ones are a bit faster and for rich people... They cost a bit more. Save your self a few bucks and try to get a good vid card. It doesn't always have to be Nvidia 8800 GT. You can get a similiar performing vid card from amd series for much much lower price. For rams... two gigs are plenty. As for HD there are lots of cheap ones out there and 200GB is sufficient. For gaming i think CRT monitors (far ones) are good for gaming, i mean if you prefer the LCD ones thats okay too... (also, if your planning to build your own you have to consider what motherboard, case and power supply to buy beucase they all have to correspond with another) with 800 bucks you can get a decent one