I would say no less than a gig of ram and no less than 200 gig of spaces, even that is pushing it, if ur gonna be recording alot of tv shows and videos than u could prob go for more hard drive space than that. Also i recommend miniumum of 2.5 GHz intel processor or u can go amd, which imo are better for gaming, in that case i would recommend a minimum of a amd athlon 64 3000. Also the ati all in wonder would be the logical video card because it offers media center capabilities and also a decscent gaming experince