Greetings. I'm looking to replace my boy's AMD XP 2700 system (lovingly built by me some time back). It'll be used for 'net research, email & gaming (not necessarily in that order). He'll use the existing Samsung 710N multisync LCD. I can get a Dell for $360 equipped with - Pentium E2140 (1MB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz, 800FSB) - 1 GB RAM (DDR2 SDRAM - 667 MHx - 250GB SATA - DVD R/W - WinXP Home Two questions: 1) can I do any better putting my own box together? 2) for an extra $60/$100, Dell will add an ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro/XT, but for that kind of cake, I suspect that I can do better adding an alternate card down the road (e.g. - an nVidia GeForce 8600 GT) if the onboard graphics don't suffice. Am I right? Many thanks, - Richard www.oldWithoutMoney.com
