Asus CD/DVD player - 14.99 Dollars

Mid-sized Computer Case - 29.99 Dollars
 
Samsung 200gb HardDrive - 54.99 Dollars

2GBs of Corsair RAM - 39.99 Dollars

Asus AMD Motherboard - 76.99 Dollars

585 Watt Power Supply - 34.99 Dollars

AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1Ghz Dual Core - 59.99 Dollars

ATI Radeon HD 2600Pro - 76.99 Dollars

GRAND TOTAL:  388.92 Dollars(before taxes)

And there you go. With all of these components you'll have yourself a very decent gaming PC. Obviously it won't be the best in the world, but you will be able to play most, if not all PC games out there. You'll certainly be able to play the newest of MMORPGs like Tabula Rasa and Pirates of the Burning Sea.With this blog, I am not expecting an average person to go out and build themselves a new gaming PC, this is for gamers who have always felt that a gaming PC was too expensive to actually buy into. I just wanted to set the record straight. PC gaming still isn't for all gamers as a number of things can go wrong, things break, and you'll generally have to upgrade more often, albiet it will be cheaper than upgrading a new console.

For those who still aren't convinced to buy a PC for gaming you still have Final Fantasy XI, right? Age of Conan and those promised NCSoft PS3 MMOs are still quite a ways away.

P.S. I have tried to get this as accurate as possible. Everything listed here should be compatible. However, I may have overlooked something as there are a bunch of specs to read when looking at these products.

EDIT: It should be ntoed that if you go with a free version of Linux (Ubuntu Redhat, etc.) not all MMORPGs will run with it. Different versions of Linux work with different MMORPGs. Do your homework if you persue this route.