http://ncix.com/products/?sku=59317&...nufacture=ASUS
This is good enough for your basic needs. Most people don't realize it and they want the best of everything, but when you really think about it, a regular computer user is in no way using enough computing power to require 8gigs of ram/300 dollar mobo's/ etc...
8 gig is definitely the max you should get, and even 8 gigs of ram is kind of pushing it. You don't really need anymore than 4 for basic computing needs.
This video compares the SSD vs HDD. He shows loading times/alt-tabbing times to be much faster on the SSD, so yes, it will improve your overall gaming performance as well. Its definitely an improvement to get the SSD, but:
a) The intel retail edge deal for the SSD is really disappointing, so I didn't see the need to jump on it and
b) Like I said, for an average user, its simply up to you to determine whether or not you want to pay an extra 200 dollars just to be able to cut your loading times in half for a game. Personally, I really don't mind waiting an extra 10 seconds to load something if it saves me 200 dollars lol. Thats just up to you to determine.