Before you buy PCs, realize that most of us started in this hobby by saying, "I only want to keep some softies, shrooms, zoas... Nothing too light intensive." Fast forward six months, and we have all upgraded are lights so that we can keep more things. It is very addicting, and I think it is probably better to buy good lights to start off with so that you do not end up having to replace them six months down the road when you want to start keeping more challenging animals.