Well, if you're up for it and you still have an old pc at home which still has some good usable parts in, you could just upgrade the old pc. If the casing is fine, the dvd player is still functional and the hdd still goes, by buying boxed cpu, gfx, mobo and memory, you can end up with way better specs. Only problem would you'd have to !@#$%^&*emble it yourself. Maybe you have a friend who can do that for you. Some components added together: CPU: 350$ (quad core q9450) GFX: 180$ (nvidia 8800gt) MoBo: 120$ (asus p5k-e) memory: $ for 4GB power supply: about 50$ hdd: $ for 500GB _____________________ + total: 900$ and way faster than the dell one Or you can get what you get at dell for less money (about 200-300$ i think). But this all kinda depends on your old rig. Don't forget a new OS tho if want to upgrade that as well (and they can be expensive). Point being you can save a lot of money building it yourself and reusing stuff you'd else throw away.