www.slickdeals.net
I just bought a Compaq
AMD 64 bit 3200+
512mb ram
60Gig hard disk
on board video and nic
XP home
modem
For $550 including shipping with a $300 rebate = $250.00 shipped. Slick deals shows you when these deals come up, usually a few times a month.
No monitor, but I already had one. You can get a nice conventional 19" for short money.
I had an AGP 4200Ti video card in another PC which I put in this one so it will run any modern game. That video card is very nice for games and can be had for around $70 with shipping at
www.pricewatch.com.
I love AMD chips, never had a problem with them and I've owned around 10 of them. I always use a good heatsink and a secondary fan in the case.
XP home is just fine for my home PC.