I upgraded my computer today to a AMD 2600 processor with 512 meg of 333 ram and a ATI 9700 video card and a 400 watt power supply and a snazzy new case with blue plastic panels on the front.
Man is it fast. Was playing WW2OL just now. Graphics were awesome. I will try AH tomorrow and see how it plays now.
The whole upgrade was only $750 Canadian (plus another $500 for the vid card), about $500 USD ($800 or so with vid card). I cannot believe how cheap systems are these days.
I kept my old CD burner and hard drive and floppy drive but everything else was replaced.