Purchasing a Computer

From a builder's point of view- if gaming is your interest, you're always better off putting your own system together. OEM's tend to use a cobbled BIOS (many, if not all tuning-tweaks removed) to cut down on their possible support issues later.

Building your own means you can choose the best possible parts (price/reviews). It's not rocket science & easily doable by anyone able to Google if they run into something they have a question about. I use extremetech.com forums a lot for ideas/reviews on systems & they have many user-noted builds that will recommend something to your liking, I'm sure. From there, I use newegg.com for reviews.

My young kids & I put together two systems this past month, one AMD Hex & one Intel i7. They both went together in an hour & the kids loved it!

http://geeks.pirillo.com/profiles/blogs/two-new-builds-which-do-you

Maybe you can have a look at Alien Pc's. These computers are made specifically for gaming. http://www.alienware.com/

MMMM Alienware, Envy from HP, ASUS, XPS try those. They have different specs and different prices to choose from!

Well since I'm not a fan of Dell, I'd say that Dell being your primary choice for manufacturer is a bad idea. Dell is better for businesses and schools because they offer low prices for bulk buyers. I would not waste time on a pc by Dell for gaming. Alienware has sold out to Dell but they're still okay for gaming. Over all, I would say do like geekomatic suggested. I build my own all the time, you just have to have a little knowledge about what you're doing. Good luck on the hunt for the ultimate gaming computer.

I am guessing a computer with a quad core processor to an i5 or i7 processor, lots of ram 6-8gb ram, a good video card and a standard DVD drive.