mine is definitely not top of the line, and it's a year old this month, but i'm still very satisfied with it.
alienware hive custom system:
amd athlon 1.2ghz
1gb sdram
19" viewsonic a90
geforce2 gts 64mb oc'ed vid card
ms optical intellimouse
soundblaster live 5.1 gamer snd card
20gb ibm deskstar hdd
40gb western digtial hdd
surfboard cable modem - 2mbps d/l, 370kbps u/l
klipsch promedia 4.1 400 watt thx sound system
alienware hive custom system:
amd athlon 1.2ghz
1gb sdram
19" viewsonic a90
geforce2 gts 64mb oc'ed vid card
ms optical intellimouse
soundblaster live 5.1 gamer snd card
20gb ibm deskstar hdd
40gb western digtial hdd
surfboard cable modem - 2mbps d/l, 370kbps u/l
klipsch promedia 4.1 400 watt thx sound system