I hate to drop the evil word "dell" in here but I'd rather get a dell then emachines. I've had to reformat my friend's computer (emachine owner) due to spyware and when I opened to look at the motherboard, both computers looked tiny and my cards I was going to put in there wouldn't fit in the agp slot!
I recommend either buying a dell, falcon northwest or alienware if you want to stay away from building your own. heh, notice I put those companies from cheapest to most expensive
can't beat that, you win I forgot that majority of people want a gaming machine while I'm used to building simple machines for parents or cousins who just say "I want this computer to use WORD for papers, a dvd rom for a movie or 2 and the ability to play solitare." haha! thank you barebone kits and cheap dell / gateway.