nmes923

so i was deciding between a dell xps or a hp dv8000 (with lots of upgrades)
i can get a dell, but when i want it to ahve all the stuff i want like 2 gb ram, 100 gb hard drive, 7900 gtx the cost goes way upp (around 3000 dollars) i can customize an hp with pretty much the same stuff for a little more than 2000 dollars. why is it so much cheaper? which would probably be better between the two? or if you guys have any other suggesstions which would be better than both of these two that would be ok too. the labtop will mostly be used for just routine things... do some school work, use wireless internet, play some games, nothing super major like programming or something like that. any help i could get would be great. thanks alot!