Now theise are the kind of comments I can fully enjoy...
I'd strongly advise against spending that amount of money on a computer. You simply aren't going to see any appreciable benefit from such expenditure. Better to save $300 of that $1300 budget so you can purchase some of the many great games coming out in 2011.
I recommend getting 4GB of RAM. The few developers that focus on creating proper PC games are still inclined to cater their software to the lowest common denominator, namely 32-bit operating systems. This means, by design, games typically won't use more than ~3GB of memory even if more is readily available.
Similarly, few titles are really pushing the envelope technologically and none have really demanded more in the way of gaming hardware in the last two years. Better to save your money for more entertaining uses and go for mid-range hardware. I promise you won't regret spending less if you choose decent parts. The bleeding edge tech is for those with more money than sense and has little relevance to enjoying gaming as a hobby.
You know, I didnt see it that way. I didnt know that developers are still using (or planning) to use 32 bit technology. It does seem like a waste of money now knowing that I was planning to have up to 16 Gb of RAM, now it does seem like a waste. What about video editing? I know that sucks up alot of RAM.
Also, you recommend I should even think of over-clocking with the decient parts since just "decent" is already plenty to run any game?
Now this is what ticks me off...
Who in their right mind would overclock on stock.
If someone is making choices as stupid as he was then it is obviously his first build. Tons of things were overdone, you just don't seem to understand how things work.
I do accept other peoples opinions. It ticks me off though how you barge in claiming I know jack... In any case, im forgiving and forgetting and continuing with the topic...
