Can Jump Up a few Steps with what they Call "Bare bone Bundles" which are semi preassembled and Tested or B) You get all the Components in 1 delivery To fit youself Dells site has a good shopping list trick facility to add the Bits and Pieces To complete the Build up NOTE Dell build it all up themselves then send it out the customer Though it doe indicates what does Fit on that model (specs wise)
I was on a site earlier and they had a Pc Mainboard For Just 24 pounds ! A bargain?...Well to somebody its of use So long as you have NO or a single Expansion slot available and I'd imagine a 250 Watt PSU!
Only good as an emergency Spare ..Play nothing Basic graphics On board sound maybe? In other words a basic calculator Word processor at most
Buy and Build something like that Will put you back over 5 years and Its totally worthless to sell on
The Aim is we have to future proof Forward by the same time Minimum
In 5 years time those 4GB superchips will be Bargain Bin Clearance So aim for somewhere in the High 3GB range as your goal You'll be slightly slower but can keep pace with the Next-gen Processors speed
And Of course what New Operating Systen you may have to Have Installed keep up with the Jones's in 5 years..Vista? Vienna? or something else? Lots Of Questions and No answers yet