i recommend not AMD lol but thats kind of biased of me ;} but as long as your compatible you should be good. hint though. save your money on the processor and such to go for the graphics card. 6gigs RAM is good but you MUST have a good graphics card for a gaming rig. like mine is kinda pretty crappy because its for graphic workstations. i would go for either a nvidia 9800GT or 295 GTX depending on your budget. and if your into aTI i would say the 4700 or (again busget depending) 5700 line. as far as gaming rigs go they are made or broken by RAM and graphics cards. a good dual core processor is enough for a gaming rig by most standards