New computer (Need comments and advice)

[Giovanni]

HP Pavilion Media Center a1640n,


http://shopping.hp.ca/cStoreCA/BaseD...BEId=5&LANG=EN
That's what I'm getting... see... I'm being a lazy slob and I calculated what it amounts too...

Yes I do get a shitty case but as far as I know... the parts I get are worth alot more then what I'm going to pay for it and all I really need is a new graphics card so in the end it might cost me around 1300$ total canadian... to get a high end system correct?

I mean correct me if I'm wrong but I should be able to run most or everything on the market, I'll be able to run it for a couple of years (4 at most if I push it) and I'll have a good machine on hand that's vista ready and comes with a free upgrade to it. On top of wich I get the vista ultimate upgrade for 250$ instead of 500$...

So...

a. I need to get a good card that's gonna last me a while and be DX10 ready
b. Can anyone help me find one?
c. Am I right about the whole thing? I mean sure it has bundle shit of course but I can take care of it... programmer friends can remove the crap off it to make it less clutered with shit I don't need.