Let me tell you something, this is about at par with my PC, except my PC has twice more RAM, and .3/.6 more ghz of CPU. And I spent 1300 on it. Okay, yea thats a bit pricy, but heres the thing. I bought this PC 2 years ago, you got ripped off, end of story. I told you in game, a bunch of times, doesn't matter, customs will always be better than alienware if you know what you are doing. At those specs, you probably could have saved 300-400 dollars in today's standards. Quit telling yourself you got a good deal, and wake up.
Hate to say I told you so.
Another Note: This included mouse, screen, keyboard, speakers. Vista I got free from a "contest" MSN Livesearch held back then. If you aren't going to take a look into it, and think about learning how to build PCs, them you might as well join the Mac club, they are filled with the same type of people.