Is this system good?

This is a much better choice. Replace the PSU with the 600W Enermax, replace the video card with an 8800GT, replace the CPU with the X4 9500+ and don't buy the monitor (since you haven't mentioned needing one). Throw in Windows XP Professional with SP2 and you'd have a PC within your budget that rips through games and delivers superb performance on apps as well. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

well i'm happy cause i got windows vista home premium dvd allready so no worries for me!!

i don't really want to spend more money buying more equipment just to tweak it a little bit more. i'm happy with the original system config. Do you really think that an AMD processor can really do good on a PC? it might do good on a laptop but NOT on a pc TRUST ME!!!!

It's a quad-core AMD that's available for a pretty good price IMO. You don't need to overclock it to get more performance out of it. As far as price vs performance goes, AMD is pretty good in the lower end bracket if you're not into OCing. Also, whatever gave you the idea that AMD desktop CPUs are not good? AMD was the undisputed CPU king for a long time with its Athlon 64 line that trounced Intel's Pentium 4 and Pentium D by a wide margin. It's only now that Intel's been able to turn it around in their favor. As a previous AMD user, I can tell you that AMD does not produce crap chips. It's just that their chips don't represent as good bang-for-buck as Intel's chips at the moment.
If you were thinking I was telling you to buy the components later, no, I was just telling you what to choose in the customization options available for that particular PC. They'd give you the best performance and leave you with more upgrade options for the future. In the end, it's entirely upto you. Make your choice and let us know how it goes.

rage, i'm not totally against AMD chips because i chose to have an amd chip fitted on my laptop as well so i'm NOT a rival to amd. It's just that the phenom 9500 performs less on games and apps compared to the core 2 quad q6600 according to sites that test these processors. Also, some people are complaining that the AMD quad core has a bug called "erratum". sorry dude if i hurt your feelings in any way. You can LOOK here for more info on what the **** i'm talking about. you can also look HERE. Also see here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080226195706AAXH5oo.

The Q6600 also costs more money which'd increase your overall costs. The Phenom provides lesser performance, but the availability of four cores is a great deal for the price. As for the bug, it's not a big deal. If you're willing to spend more, get the Q6600, but since you stated a specific budget, I suggested the previous AMD PC with some modifications.
As for 'hurt feelings', it'd be a cold day in hell when my feelings could be hurt by the fact that one manufacturer has a better product than the other.

no offence rage about the 'hurt feelings'!! I'm willing to pay a bit more if it means more performance! the pc also has a wireless device! AND the pocket media drive is 320 GB which for me is important because i like utting my photos and music etc into a mobile storage device so I can carry it around. so what better than this one! Agreed?

any body know where to get good quality but cheap lcd monitors for the new pc?? i need it to be a retail store NOT an online website with no address. My location is Birmingham UK. thank you and i appreciate all the hard work!

Hey yes its definetly worth the money i have the exact same comp infact its probebly close to my alien ware comp i have a custom alien ware b2000 z1 only prob with the hp is the graphics card isnt the best setup for that particular comp but yes overall good computer for games u know the drill its just good

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz - Retail - £114.33 inc. vat
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 LGA775 Motherboard - £63.16 inc vat
PowerColor Radeon HD 3870 XT X2 PCi-E x16 Video Card - Retail - £250.00 inc vat
Corsair 2x1GB PC2-6400 800MHz RAM kit - Retail - £32.00inc vat
Seagate 750GB Internal Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - Retail - £100.68 inc vat
Sony DRU-190S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA - Retail Multi Bezel & Nero - £19.92 inc vat
Antec EarthWatts 500W 80%+ Efficiency PSU - 80mm Fan 4x SATA 2x PCI-E - £52.36 inc vat
Coolermaster Black Centurion 534 - No PSU - £34.98 inc vat

Grand Total = £667.43 without shipping included. A superb system that will tear a new one into any game you throw at it. You'd probably have enough for a monitor as well. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

WOW i LOVE the graphics card and the motherboard. not sure about the cpu though.
I LOVE this system but haven't got time and the experiences needed for building a new pc. what should i do? PLZ help. i'm stuck in an unknow planet! i can't even think!!!

I've changed my mind. I definitely want to get the hp computer because I cannot build one. finished. thank you very much

You don't need to build it. Just take all the parts to a small shop or ask a friend. They'd build it for you for a small fee, or for free. But since you've already decided, that's that.

This is why so many HP's are sold

What I really mean by my quote, is that "if only users knew a little more, they'd build their own" (or have it built)

Yeah it's a PIMP machine make sure to buy ESP for it if yu do get it.
I work for HP and I can tell you the warranty is definatelly worth it.