Have you considered giving him all the parts to build a nice custom built gamer? We generally posit there's much better value in building your own.
NE did have a i7 920 Gateway though for a grand a believe the other day on deal. But again, some parts in this thing are low quality, like the PSU, case, etc. And you can see from the revs, people have issues with it, for some reason or another.
If hubby is tech inclined, have him open up about 10 different boxes and put it together himself.
Penewah!
Box 1:Xeon W3520 D0/HeatKiller 3.0/Feser Extreme 360 w/ 3x Gentle Typhoons 1850s/SWFT655/EVGA E760 Classified/ XFX GTX 285(Kool 285 block OTW)/CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX/ CM HAF /Corsair Domi's 3X2GB DDR3_2000/F1 Spinpoint 2x1TB-SATA/HT Omega Striker/ Build #2: Antec 1200/ E8500 @ 3.87 Ghz/Gigabyte P45-UD3P/ OCZ 4Gb Reapers PC2 9200/EAH4870 1GB/750W PCPC Quad Silncer/CM V10 1/2aTEC/ #3 Biostar 790GX/AMD 9950BE 3.2Ghz/OCZ Reapers 4GB 1066 /2.75Tbs of F1 Spinpoint/Corsair 550W PSU/