The quality of parts has gone down horribly with most companies like HP and DELL using recycled parts.
Imagine my shock when I discovered that this "new" HP which was replacement 4 for my old HP, has a service history for having a bad CD/RW and Motherboard.
You would think that shows like Call for Help and such would let everyone know about this scam but hey, they don't. Hell they won't even allow you to post this in their forum without it being deleted.
I posted about my HP experience, and it was deleted. It was not offensive, it was factual and therefore threatened advertising dollars. Pooof, gone.
No I recommend that you simply find someone who knows what they are doing, hire them, and have them build you IN HOUSE pc's.
HP / Dell / Compaq / Gateway / IBM / all suck arse now. Hell just by a Mac.