How did you get your Gaming PC?

mine was a grad gift. however, because it was a gift, i got stuck with a shitty alienware laptop that's wonderful for games and... isn't so good at like, being a functioning pc. i've had to reinstall windows like 3 times and have seen total hard drive wipes at least twice. also, the battery died, so i'm stuck using it plugged in with a monitor lmfao.