Ooooh (: Comp showoff thread.

Intel Duo Overclocked to 3.8 (:
8GB Ram
7200RPM 1TB HD with 4TB External NAS
Vista 64bt OS
896mb nVidia GTX275
Realtek 7.1 high def

Not a game out that it doesn't play on max everything.
I personally own crysis and crysis:warhead. both ~@60FPS.
Farcry 2 gets raped by this PC ~@80FPS

Cost me a little under £700 in parts,
handbuilt it, using a coolermaster case.

Deffinately go for hand-built.
If i was to buy my PC in alienware i'd be looking at almost 3X the cost.

Also; never by ATI unless you intend to Crossfire Mod your PC - nVidia may be on par specc wise, but theres no match for drivers and customer loyalty.