[Thee_oddball]

Fangio if you have to have something now than have a look at the specs below...this comes in around $1500 and should be able to play any game for atleast 2 years to come.

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $229

SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity $275

the MB supports true dual X16 slots so you can add another 6950 at a later date for Crossfire

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL $85

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor $229

Pros: Overclocking is great. Got it stable at 4.1 ghz. Stays fairly cool with provided cooler, but recommend a good cpu coller!

Cons: none

CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC $229

Patriot Inferno PI60GS25SSDR 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $145

Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB USB 3.0/USB 2.0 Black Portable Hard Drive $120

Keep your OS and games on the SSD and other files and backup on the external drive, externals are nice for portability.

add another $100 for a dvd burner and case and your set to go