Atrocities, if you want a good, cheap computer, I suggest you go here:
www.newegg.com
...and assemble it yourself. You could easily get a computer for far less than what Dell wants.
Here's a sample shopping cart (and BTW, I'm not suggesting anyone buy these brands! Samsung HDDs are good, AMD CPUs are good, Corsair is good, but the rest are just "average").
I assume you have an optical drive, monitor, speakers, case, operating system, and etc. that you don't really want to waste money on replacing.
Internal Hard Drives
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
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SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2504C 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: SP2504C
Item #: N82E16822152025
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$89.99 -$5.00 Instant
$84.99
AMD-compatible Motherboards
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
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ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N5X
Item #: N82E16813131569
** This item is warranted through the product manufacturer only. what's this?
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$80.99 $80.99
Video Cards
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
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SAPPHIRE 100154SR Radeon X1800XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: 100154SR
Item #: N82E16814102008
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$308.00 $308.00
Power Supplies
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Thermaltake Silent Purepower W0014RU ATX 480W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: W0014RU
Item #: N82E16817153007
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$59.00 $59.00
Memory - System
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CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail
Model #: VS1GBKIT400
Item #: N82E16820145440
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$66.00 $66.00
Processors
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA4200BVBOX
Item #: N82E16819103547
** This item is warranted through the product manufacturer only. what's this?
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$355.00 $355.00
Subtotal: $953.98