im on the alienware bandwagon personally... After 10+ years of building machines, alienware still has decent deals, especially the fact i can trade in my old junk for 100 to 300 discount on newer equipment if i choose so and they provided payments when i originally needed them serveral years ago before dell bought them out.

I would however not recommend buying any of there towers unless they were doing a special on them, becuase there is a huge different in savings when they do deals.

Not to start a war or anything, but i have priced out machines on Buyxg.com, falcon, ibuypower, cyberpowerpc and they are very comparable to what alienware provides. Alienware are for those who want to pay for the name, and i was on the same boat as this gentleman was, i didnt to make payments, and they provided that functionality with out much of a hassle.

So in a few words, Hope you like it, my next machine from them will be a laptop.