Since I can remember I have been gaming, regardless of the specs of the machines I was using, I tried my best to pursue my hobby of playing games, regardless of how horrible they looked on my "rig", or even the lag I had to endure in some games. My most recent of these PC's, sporting an amazing Intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz processor and on-board graphics, saw me enduring lag in games such as Oblivion and surprisingly Fallout New Vegas even managed to run. I never cared much about it and was just happy I could at least do what i enjoyed. In October last year though the motherboard blew and I had no money to fix it. I relied on kind friends letting me game on their PC's or PS3's while at their houses, which was great but still not the same as using your own PC. I finally matriculated last year and now have a job, getting work experience and trying to save money while on my gap year. The part time job is earning me little, but i have at least saved enough for a few parts. Winning this case would help greatly with my finances and allow me to use the money to contribute to other parts.
Good luck to everyone else entering.