Harmy said:

@AntcuFaalb: Well, I should be meeting to discuss the computer with my friend on Friday or over the weekend, so I'll have more detailed info then - Right now, I know I had something like this in mind, which costs around $2000 here, but if I built it myself, it would probably come much cheaper, plus I probably wouldn't need such a powerful graphics card and I wouldn't need a Blu-Ray drive (I already have an external one) and I definitely wouldn't need the designer case.

That looks like a solid machine!

I don't think any of us will react negatively if you decide to go with a big manufacturer like HP, so don't feel obligated to cut corners!

Just get whatever you think is best! :-)