This page shows how to build a $500 gaming pc in 2005. Its so funny to hear these things. My personal favorite is at page 5 where it states " games are becoming more ram Hungary. Games such as battlefield 2 are seeing the benefit of 2GB of ram. 2gb..
Anyway heres a link to the article http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/The-500-Gaming-Machine,1147-5.html