I like the size of this. I currently have a huge tower that is mostly empty. I want to make a middle of the road PC with a small case like this that is hopefully quiet and keeps dust out but looking at the choices in the product finder they all seem huge and designed for high end dual GPU set ups. Any suggestions on a ~$100 case?

"... mouse and keyboard peripherals are not included in the base model." This is true, although you can add the "Alienware multi-media keyboard" and the "Alienware optical mouse, MG100" for free, you just have to select them, as no keyboard and no mouse are the defaults.

While I would love to see Dell get wiped off the face of the computer world with you, you need to let your ego go and realize the brilliance here in Alienware's creation.

Agreed, Nonsense. While AMD has been the first on the ball for making multi-core processors before most other companies, companies like Intel took the extra time to try to perfect those processors. If you don't notice any difference, then one of the two things, either your a ***** or you just haven't tested enough of either of them to know. Don't get me wrong, there are some AMD creations that I enjoy, like the Phenom II Quad-Core Series and the FX Series, and how I seen them smoke some of Intel's processors. However, most of their processors aren't really head to know with Intel's processors on an average basis.