I get what your saying, but the cheapest legal full version of XP (OEM or otherwise) is $84 and Vista is $104. $20 more isn't gonna hurt me and It'll save me the headache when the next must-have, uber-awesome DirectX 10 only Vista game comes out, right? I know there are problems and the step from XP to Vista isn't as huge-tastic as '98 to XP but... idk, i'm at a loss...

To save yourself head aces in the future get Vista Home Premium or better , Home Basic is extremely limited

I dont vista is all that bad, and I think when a new service pack gets released it will be great - it looks great and doesn't cause any performance problems, I used to hate it when I was a BETA tester, but both this system and the last one run it great!

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AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9500, OCZ 4GB PC2 -6400 RAM, GeForce 8800 GTX Ultra 768MB, 150GB Raptor. 500GB WD HD

Of course it does, your rig is a BEAST!!

Hey, how about this:

PC: Acer Aspire E380-UD440A AMD Desktop PC - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2GHz, 2GB DDR2, 320GB SATA HDD, DL DVD±RW, NVIDIA Graphics, Gigabit LAN, Flash Reader, Windows Vista Home Premium ASE380-UD440A at TigerDirect.com

GPU: XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card - FREE Company of Heroes PC Game, 256MB DDR3, SLI Ready, PCI Express, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card PVT84JUDD3 at TigerDirect.com

PSU: CoolerMaster Extreme Power 500 Watt Power Supply - SATA Ready, 120mm Fan RP-500-PCAR at TigerDirect.com

Is this a good deal? It isn't a custom rig but what would I be looking at in terms of upgradeability?

Guys, any opinions?

it looks good to go, perhaps a little more money into the graphics card - a 640 gts should see u through the next couple of years

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Living life to the fullest it can possibly be!
AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9500, OCZ 4GB PC2 -6400 RAM, GeForce 8800 GTX Ultra 768MB, 150GB Raptor. 500GB WD HD

A 640 gts? Next couple of years? Do you mean Power supply?

Guys, my budget has been raised to approx. $750

what about this setup???

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...asp?ID=9237447

With savings it comes just shy of $750 (+S&H)

Look good???

You can't show us wish lists saved on your account.

The real question here is there anything in xp that you need that isnt in vista lmao... vista drops some things that some users enjoy. might want to check that out.
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Depends which version you get. if your getting windows vista home basic you might as well stick with XP whatever home or pro...