Originally Posted by just a noob

try for 4gb of ram if you can, make sure the processer is a 45nm, they use less power and they run much cooler, and get a raptor 150gb 10k and load it with the os and the games, they will load much faster, and you can still use the 250gb for most of the storage for pictures and such, if you really wanna go overboard get a bluray/hd dvd player lg makes one that is 300 dollars and is combo of the two(hd and bluray)