Nevo

There are vendors that have a fix that will bring back the Start Menu. There will also be many 3rd-party providers that will also bring it back in other various methods. Eitherway, I don't really care about Windows 8 because its the New Vista and I'll stick to Seven for years to come....

Oh boy..... Linux? What are you all people suggesting! That is so uncool for gaming. No No No... You need Windows and you need serious deals on components and then you can get a good computer built by yourself of course. If you are planning on going with AMD, then you can get the FX-6100 Six Core Processor, 3.30GHz (3.90GHz Max Turbo), Socket AM3+ for around $160, you can always get a much cheaper CPU but you know... Then for the Motherboard, you can get nearly any $50 dollar motherboard and i recommend going with ASUS just because they are the best and give the customer good product support. Then you get the memory for around $50 and that's 8GB DDR3 most likely with cooling, depends on which brand you buy. You can get a really nice Case with two amazing fans coming with it, the Antec Three Hundred Mid Tower Case, Newegg has it, I bought one recently around $70 for a client's computer and then they dropped the price to like $40 I think that you've got the Power Supply, Disk Storage and CD Drives covered but if you need suggestions, I can help you with that aswell. As far as the Windows goes, give me a message and I can point you in the right direction on getting a Genuine product key for an insane price.... Although that method is technically possible, the legality of it is highly questionable.--hym, If Money is an issue at this time.