Need a good gaming PC with a $3500 budget

Unfortunately, my Alienware Area-51 (which I got in 2004) just doesn't do too well with new games anymore. I can run Company of Heroes on medium quality with, at best, 40 FPS. And, I recently upgraded my video card, but unfortunately the power supply can't give it enough power. Now, even Warcraft III is crashing when I play for over an hour. But, over the last 2-3 months, it's had many more problems, and I think it's time to get a new one.

So, basically I need recommendations on which gaming PC would be the best for a $3500 budget. I wouldn't mind buying from Alienware again; even though the computer lasted me only 2.5 years, it was really great at everything it did until a couple months ago.

Thanks for your suggestions!

The new Blackbird 002by HP is supposed to be sick. It got the highest rating ever for a desktop PC by cnet.com. And they have so many options. You can get either an AMD or Intel and an ATI or Nvidia depending on your personal preference.I would check that out. http://h20435.www2.hp.com/#/tech-specs/

If I were you, I would keep the current rig you have, and gut it. Upgrade to crossfire/SLI mobo, quad core cpu, 4gb RAM, maybe some new HDs for SATA-II RAID, new PSU to support crossfire 2900xt or SLI 8800GTX whichever is your flavor. And then use the rest for some sweet speakers or dual monitors.

But that's just me.

Definitely buying. I just don't have the expertise I would need to build one.Timbydude

buy this http://h20435.www2.hp.com/# there is no beating it in the pre-built selections

Definitely buying. I just don't have the expertise I would need to build one.Timbydude

Uh, then nm my previous post. lol

http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-blackbird-002/4505-3118_7-32592299.html?tag=prod.txt.1

theres the review i was talking about.

yea, the BLACKNIRD FTW, its got awesome reviews, looks sooo dang sexy, and looks like it'll be one that you can upgrade......plus the fact that it can have sli or crossfire is massive.......so if ati come out wit a beast you can just change...vice versa...............i think you'll only be able to start buying the blckbird from tomorrow though42316

It also looks like a good launch pad with that hinge thing at the bottom.

if you get the blackbird with everything you need in it cnet says it will run around $5000agallo

thats not getting everything you need , thats getting everything you could possibly want there is a big difference.