Getting back into Computer gaming

[mtofu]

Squilliam said:

mtofu said:
how much is this gear going to cost him? i'm also interested in building a computer but it sounds like it's a pretty expensive en devour.

how much did your systems cost you and how good is it relative to what is available now at the same cost?

 

 Not sure, but he seems to want high end.

I could work out a chump box for you if you tell me aprox how much you want to spend.

cool. if it's not too much trouble to get around these price points give or take $200.

$500

$1000

$1500

... if you could also give me an idea of how much better each system is compared to the next that'd be helpful since component names won't mean that much to me. Thanks!