So among family members and friends of late a small debate has been raging about PCs and where the gaming hardware line is. I want to build a good friend of the family a gaming machine under the current hardware out there and make it something of a beast.

However I don't want to cross the "hardware line". You know what I mean? When you see the new tech out there is more than $250.00 more than the previous model that would work just fine (often meaning so well you would never tell the difference between the two). I would like to hear anything people have to say in our forums.

Great game machine before the line?