how much cheaper would it be to build this pc?

1. How much cheaper would it be if I built it? (interest free 12 month financing is key in this deal)

2. Would this PC be good for current games, games for the next couple years?

Link - http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dxdoma1&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&model_id=xps-8300

Thanks!

Overpriced and underpowered. The typical two words which comes to mind with major manufactured pc's

If you feel capable of building a PC yourself, you should ALWAYS build it yourself.

Boz

Tomshardware always does budget builds and they recently released three new ones. These would be a great starting off point for anyone looking to build within a budget. These also come with benchmarks and pricing.

$500 budget build http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/budget-gaming-pc-phenom-ii-radeon-hd-6850,2903.html

$1000 budget build http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6950-unlock-build-a-pc-overclock,2893.html

$2000 budget build http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-sandy-bridge-build-a-pc-overclocking,2876.html

Now not saying they are pefect but just a good start. Oh and these builds are specific to PC gaming, so you don't end up with a graphics card unable to playmodern games at a reasonable setting.

The single most important thing for gaming is the video card. I don't recommend buying an extremely expensive GPU and pairing it with a cheap CPU however. It is best to have your CPU and your GPU cost roughly the same. CPU bottlenecks are not a fun thing to experience.

DON'T get that for gaming. The AMD 5450 is a multimedia card, not a gaming card, Thats PC's not for gaming. Dell gets away with ripping people off so much that its almost criminal, I could probably build that with $600. I can build a better balanced PC for that price but since I live in the UK any price I give you will be around £950. which is more than $950.