Playing high-end games like Halo 2 on your PC isn't as simple as popping in the disc, installing the game, and running it. A lot of times, you need to have the best hardware possible to run the application smoothly.

This can be quite tricky for the non-tech savvy crowd because of the ever-evolving specs of today's computers. Fortunately, there are people who care about guys like that.

A-Power has taken the liberty of custom-building the best possible system to run Halo 2 and making it available to the market. The machine is loaded with some pretty big specs, which will ensure that you can run pretty much everything currently on the market. What's more, even the case is customized to feed that Halo craving. These are the complete specs of their offered bundle:

• Processor: Intel Pentium CORE 2 DUO E6600 2.4GHz 4MB
• Memory: OCZ Gold XTC OCZ2G8002GK 2x1GB DDR2 800Mhz
• Mainboard: ASUS P5K Deluxe P35 Chipset DDR2 S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical), DTS Connect & IEEE1394 Firewire
• Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S182F/BEBN Black 18x18 DL DVD Writer
• Hard Drive: Seagate 320GB 7200RPM SATA-II 16MB
• Video: eVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GTS 256M DDR3 PCI-E
• Audio: Realtek ALC883 6-channel (5.1) CODEC
• Network: Marvell 88E1116 PHY Gigabit LAN controller
• Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black 18.4" Ultimate Gamer Case
• Power: OCZ 700W GameXStream SLI Power Supply
• Keyboard: Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard
• Mouse: Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse
• Included OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (Direct X 10 Supported!!)
• FREE GAME! Halo 2 PC Edition (Limited Quantity)
  

This hotrod starts selling on May 22. The price is still unrevealed, but it obviously won't come cheap. We'll keep you posted for more on this dream machine.

For the dudes waiting for Namco Bandai's Warhammer: Mark of Chaos launch this November 14, we've got good news for you. iGames, along with Intel and Corsair, has just announced they'll be holding a one-day premier of the game this November 12 at 50 iGames member centers across North America, Mexico and Canada.

For anybody who's still having thoughts about going, we're also letting you know that there'll be special events during the premier, which gives you a chance to win any of these following prizes, worth US$ 4,000 in total.

• Intel – Intel Pentium D processors
• Corsair – Flash drives
• Western Digital – Raptor hard drives
• Logitech – Logitech G5 Laser mouse & G15 keyboard
• Antec – “Nine Hundred” case

Still can't make it? Don't worry - iGames will also be hosting a showcase of the game in 70 stores across the continent for two straight weeks. Starting November 13 until November 26, visitors will get a chance to play Mark of Chaos for an hour at these stores. For the full list of premiere and showcases addresses, feel free to visit the iGames main website.

This is good opportunity for you dudes out there to get a freebie chance to check out the game, to see for yourself if it matches up to its previous table-top incarnation, and the other Warhammer installments for the consoles and PC's.

You want a PC gaming rig that'll pack in the best multicore on the planet (and running overclocked), pump out stunning visuals that'll make your eyeballs bleed, and surround sound that'll bust your eardrums. You'll need a PC case that'll (a) protect those bleeding-eye, busted-ear components, and (b) cool them off before they all melt down from their performance.

Tom's Hardware gives us the benefit of looking over four "fine examples" of PC gaming cases. The Antec 900, NZXT Adamas, the Silverstone TJ09, and the Zalman Fatal1ty. We bring them to you so that YOU can make the right choice to protect your gaming power and experience.

The Antec 900 is a cooling fan's dream come true. Just about every surface is designed with a vent or to hold a fan. Four fans are thrown in with an option to plug in three more. Even the HDD cages double as air ducts for the front cooling fans. The only negative Tom's Hardware could think of was the lack of space for a floppy drive. But with seven card slots and two top-mounted USB slots (in addition to the back, we guess), so as long as you're not dependent on floppies, it's not even much of a negative.

Next is NZXT's Adamas. There's a demo video around of people standing and jumping on it with no ill effect. There's the biggest advantage of the Adamas: it'll survive abuse, just like its (nearly) namesake captain of Galactica. Its aluminum frame construction does make it slightly heavier than the norm, but that's why it's so rugged. Other than that, it's pretty much a traditional PC case.

Read about the other two cases at the full article. One's named after Mortal Kombat! (Nope, it doesn't refer to what will happen to your PC if you use the casing).