So is it more like "Damn you Sid Meier for forcing me to buy a 1200 computer to play your game" or more like "Thank you Sid Meier for providing me with an excuse to buy the 1200 computer I want?"
BOOM, crushes recommended easily, but $80 extra you could get Phenom II X4 965 BE @3.4GHz, it is a much better CPUAthlon II X4 630 Propus @2.8GHz ($99)
use a MSI 760GM-E51 motherboard+G.SKILL 4GB RAM Combo ($129)
PowerColor Radeon HD 5670 512MB ($89)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound ($10)
Antec Three Hundred+Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ($100)