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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 5013759" data-attributes="member: 6092">You guys rock!  Thanks for the great advice!  The alienware I priced out is:  PROCESSOR    Intel® Core™ i7 920 2.66GHz (8MB Cache) Quad Core ProcessorOPERATING SYSTEM    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, EnglishVIDEO CARD    Single 1.8GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260    MEMORY    6GB Triple Channel 1067MHz DDR3    I was worried it was too low but it is the i7, so that's good.  At least, I hope it's the right one.  And thanks for the good word on the 260!  That's nice to know!  I'm not getting a new monitor but have a nice flat panel already.  I am wondering about Alienware as well.  It's like Sony, just paying for the brand name.  I don't mind doing that if the quality is there.  I hate Vista and wouldn't put that on a gaming machine.  I go back to XP Pro before Vista but, as you can see, it would come with Windows 7, which I have only heard good things about.  Again, my thanks!  edgEdit:  JC, I would love to put more into the video cards but I don't think my wife will go for it!  So, part of the reason I am cautious is to make sure I can upgrade it later, probably when the now top cards are more middle cards.  Thx!</blockquote>