7 years or so I built my computer for around this price. It was fairly nice and could play most of the modern games at a mid range resolution. A year or two ago

7 years or so I built my computer for around this price. It was fairly nice and could play most of the modern games at a mid range resolution. A year or two ago i got a new graphics card, and some more ram, and it still seems able to play the Sc2 demo, and run everything else fine. So, I've had no complaints. Someday there'll be a lot more programs to take advantage of multicore systems, and when that day comes I'll wait a bit longer before buying a new computer. :D