So my laptop just died, long story short; Won't start, wires are severed and HDD ports are destroyed. It was an Inspiron 1420 and I had immediately regretted the purchase, it bring a laptop which means next to no customization for me.

Bon, I just went to Dell's site and just finished "customizing" a DESKTOP PC. Could ya'll rate it and/or propose things I should buy or replace once I get it?

Specs:
Inspiron 537 Slim-Tower w/ Black Bezel
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E8400 (6MB L2, 3GHz, 1333FSB) (Took me some time choosing what processor to get)
Dell 23" Full HD 1080p Widescreen Flat Panel Display (I wanted bigger, but budgets got in the way)
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2 DIMMs
320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB
16X DVD+/-RW Drive (Why get a Blu-Ray drive if I've got a PS3?)
Dell 1505 WLAN PCIe card with11n mini-Card & external antenna (The way my room is setup, I need a wireless card, since my 360 and PS3 are wired and I need to keep my PS3 that way)
Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio (Nothing Special.)

Two little presents for myself:
Microsoft Sidewinder USB Laser Mouse with Built-in LCD Display
Logitech G15 Backlit USB Gaming Keyboard

So that's that. On a scale of 1-10 please. I am looking to use it for games, although I'm more of a console person, I would like to actually be able to play a few.

How much are you paying for it?

I basically have that same build, except I have a 4850. Also, I might have missed it, but what kind of Motherboard will you have?

You'd be best served building your own, but I can understand if that just isn't possible for you. It takes a LOT of time and research to figure it out properly.

If you didn't have the monitor, keyboard, and mouse there, I'd say you're paying way too much, but those are all fairly expensive items, so I'd imagine they add a lot to the price.

I'd say you're only going to be able to do limited/light gaming, especially with that graphics card. The processor is great (it's the same I use in my own desktop), the ram is okay, the disc space is fine if that is enough for you. The good news is that the graphics card should be fairly easily upgradable, down the road, but that would mean about another $150-$200 for a decent single card.

I really hate giving score ratings to things, so just take my word that it would be a decent PC if you added a decent graphics card to it. Maybe a Radeon 4870 or Geforce 9800, or one of the newer GTX200 series, but I'm not at all familiar with them at the moment.

Edit: I also have a very similar build: an E8400 processor (overclocked to 3.6ghz), 4GBs DDR2 800. I also have a Geforce 8800GT, though, and that makes all the difference.

ATI HD 4770  would serve you as well.

I've come to realize (Rather late to realize) that size does matter. I wondering if the case will fit an ATI HD 4770 (It's an Inspiron 537 Slim-Tower). but I'm not sure on hte dimensions.

Need a better graphics card, unless you aren't gonna game at 1920 or want to play at very low qualities.

Yeah.. something else that completely slipped my mind is the wattage and connectors of that system's power supply. I believe the Radeon 4770 would be the best choice, here. It would need less power, it is markably smaller (still not sure if it would fit your specific case, but I'm scouring google right now trying to figure that out).