Ok to warn U people on here are gonna tell u to build your own, And there right It's alot better then buying a pre made but if you must and you don't plan On playing games it's an ok buy I guess. If you plan on playing games on it build ur own because for 800 you could get a pretty decent on and I don't even think the prebuilt you looking at comes with a video card ( Bad news)
If you're willing, I would say that same amount of money could be spent better if you build the whole thing yourself. Then you could go with a E6850 or a Q6600 and better RAM (I never trust stock Dell or HP ram, they usually screw you on quality). And my vote is for the 8800GT over the HD3870 (comparison here). They are in the same price range, but the 8800GT will give you a bit more power.
Ok I didnn't read ur full post and diden't see u plan on adding a video card but I would double check thoes specs cause I seen that it had 3 pci-E slots and no PCI slots ? That just don't seem right !
Here's the number-one reason why I don't like pre-builts: Their motherboard BIOSs are so crippled that you can totally forget about overclocking! (Pre-installed crapware and general overpricedness aren't too far behind the list, though.) I'm sure that you can work out a system yourself with equivalent components that would cost less, and then you could use the savings to afford a better PSU and a graphics card. (Not to mention that your BIOS would at least let you overclock!)
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