Originally Posted by Ara T.

Make sure that whatever video card you get, it has at least 1GB of memory if you are going to be using a 26" monitor. For gaming you are gonna need some power to run games at resolutions a 26" would be running. In fact I'd probably be looking at more than 1GB.

Core i7's are the most powerful processors right now. In fact Intel has been at the top for about 4 or 5 years now. Basically all AMD has right now is good prices. That said, I always go AMD because im a cheap bastard.

pawoSD where you do get this AMD BS you constantly spout? No benchmarks or charts or reviews say it is more powerful than a core i7. Not that the AMD Phenom is a bad processor (i use one and it's great for the money, i paid 90 bucks for it), but lying about it to someone who is buying a computer smacks of some extreme fanboyism.

If hattie is doing some heavy video encoding or 3d rendering (he's not) i would recommend a 6 core processor but otherwise.. no point.