In my case, is Home, Media Center, or Professional best?

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So I finally ordered my first PC today. I'm wondering what software I should get for it, so when it arrives I will be ready. Here are the specs :

Motherboard : GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
Hard Drive : SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Video Card : EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775
Power Supply : CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W
Memory : G.SKILL 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

I plan to use the computer primarily for gaming, web browsing, and downloading/viewing music and videos.

With that in mind, which Windows XP version would be best?

Thanks!
 
Home should be fine. It isn't worth the extra money for Professional or Media Center. (Note: Both my computers have Professional, but it was solely because they came that way, or I bought Windows with a package where it was cheaper to get Professional)
 
Professional is nice, Media Center I've never really played with much. If they were the same price, I'd just stick with Professional, or maybe Media Center. You'd have to get someone else's opinion if Media Center is worth it.
 
I prefer home over professional mostly because some programs run faster, and anyway isn't like you gain a whole lot from professional for a common user, maybe if you were in a company
 
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