Originally posted by: Penth
I agree on picking up a BIG LCD with high resolution. I don't think it's really smart to blow $4k on a computer to play games, but if he has the money then it's his call. I've put something like that into mine.
Having said that, I would definetly recommend he puts his money into things that hold their value a little longer, like the screen, a nice sound system (I got my klipsch 5.1s Ultras for like $220 almsot 3 years ago, and they're still going for something close to that (last I checked anyway.)
I also recommend a nice keyboard/mouse setup and desk/chair. Granted, I don't play very many games (though Starcraft 2 has me excited), so I probably don't put as much value on top-end video cards as a gamer, but I think it's smart to put your money into things you can take advantage of when you're playing or surfing the web (lots of ram, quad core, video card don't do that much for this).
Even if you do spend the money on those things, it probably leaves you with well over $2000 that you could buy a cheap quad core (in July), plenty of ram, a big HD, and possibly SLI 8800s.
Is that your setup? When I saw that, I said omfg ten times. I was drooling, can you tell me your setup?