I used to be into gaming and grew very, very, very tired of upgrading my system every year just play a game. What I think is funny is how hardcore PC gamers will spend well over $500 to do an upgrade just to play a $60 game. I bought my imac just to everything but gaming. I bought my PS3 for that. Here's an example of what I was spending compared to what I am spending now, 3 years ago I was spending roughly $1500 to $2000 a year on upgrades like ram, video cards, and better monitors, and I was only playing about 4 different PC games. Those systems were only good for about a year if you wanted to push the game at full capacity with a really good frame rate. I spent $300 on a PS3, and I've got about 20 games I play on it right now, plus I use it for the Blueray. With the money I wasn't blowing on the upgrades, I bought my imac last September a 21.5" 3.06 i3. Honestly I couldn't be happier with the decision I made. I gave my PC to my parents, but kept the monitor because it was 1080p, and I use it for my PS3. I highly suggest using consoles for gaming, practically everything on PC is on them as well. And you don't have to worry if your system will run a game.