Jedi - The Force is strong with this one.

This represents the current minimum for a computer to be considered a gaming machine. What is a gaming machine? It's a computer that can run almost any game at playable levels. Here are the specs:

AMD K6-2 at 350mhz
Intel Celeron or better CPU at 333mhz
64mb of RAM
6 Gig hard drive
4mb 2D/3D accelerator (ex. Riva 128)
12mb Voodoo2 3D accelerator (ex. Monster 3D, Voodoo 1000)
24X CD-ROM
56K Modem
AWE 64 Value sound card.
3 Piece speaker system with subwoofer.
15 inch monitor

Current Maximum "GAME" PC This represents the absolute FASTEST game machine you can build or buy. If you have the cash ($5000 or better), build this.

AMD Athlon 700mhz
256mb of CAS2 PC133 SDRAM RAM
18gig Ultra2 SCSI 10,000RPM HD
27 Gig Ultra ATA66 7200 RPM HD
32mb Riva TNT2 Ultra Graphics card
Two 12mb Voodoo2 video cards in SLI mode
10X DVD with hardware decoder
CD-Writer 8x4x32
Zip 250mb Internal
Orb Drive 2.2 Gig Internal.
56K Nonwinmodem Modem
10/100 base-T network card
Aureal A3D audio card or Creative EAX Sound Blaster
LIVE! 5 Piece ( 4 satellites and 1 Subwoofer) speaker system
21 inch monitor

-Jedi