Here's my 2c.
Basic Nostalgic Setup: A1200, 030/50 (optional SCSI), 4GB HD, 32MB mem, PCMCIA Ethernet & Beafy PSU.
Why? Well the A1200 can be made compatible with almost every A500 game trough software, the 030 offers speed needed for more hungry AGA games without loosing it's compatibility with older software. It's smaller than the A500 and offers more expansion possibilities inside for a neater look. 4GB HD will save you from all the hassle of patching and selecting other filesystems (although the newer FS are often much better) and there's a hole bunch of software available for it if it goes bad. It beats any "UAE" setup in nostalgic kick anyday... nothing like playing DJ in front of the real thing. With the easy solution Ethernet you can setup the system to go online and collect a hole bunch of old ADF games for free... or if you want you can set it up to run Samba together with the PC to save storage space on the Amiga. If you opt for SCSI you get the chance to access a hole bunch of extras like Scanners, External SCSI HD/CD's etc... having a hole bunch of SCSI hardware connected sure isn't neat but you probably doesn't have to keep it connected all the time right? Finaly a beafy PSU is needed to drive it all. A50W A500 PSU will possibly do but these days with increasingly powerfull Micro PSU's you should be able to get hold of a 150W PSU not much larger than the original one for extra safety.
There, I'm done... :pint:
