[quote] Biggest annoyance is keeping up with hardware, and the money sink that is.[/quote] You only need to upgrade about once every 2 years. [quote] And when the hardware gets dated adjusting the settings and tweaking ini's for hours until it's in a playable state.[/quote] Takes about 5-10 mins of 'tweaking'. [quote]Which is why my old gaming rig is now gathering dust[/quote] Sounds more like a 400$ Walmart crap computer. [quote]give me my couch any day of the week.[/quote] You can connect your PC to your TV and use a controller while sitting on a couch. Even if you did have a gaming rig it's easy to tell your not a PC enthusiast, just a common, lazy plebeian.