My xp 2000 still does a decent job. The radeon 9250 leaves alot to be desired, but other than heavy games, it does quite well. That being said, last years top of the line is todays budget system, and will do quite repectably. If want to get a system together now, do socket 939, get a low end sempron for cheap, then in a few weeks when AMD priced take a nosedive, you can have a 2000 MHZ sempron based keychain, and get an fx chip for cheap.