For a Family Computer you can also go with the Vostro 410 that comes equipped with a Q6600 Quad processor at 2.40 GHz, with 2 x 4MB of L2 cache, and a 1066 Front Side Bus. Comes with an XP Professional "downgrade" ( from Vista ) that is FREE and 3 GB of DDR2-800 MHz memory, 500 GB hard drive, 128 MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, 3-year warranty and a 20" monitor for $997. If you want to upgrade to the 256 MB ATI Radeon HD-3650, simply add $90. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/vostrodt_410?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
I was looking at the 420s and upgraded the ram and HD and such to what he said and thats what dell showed me. Eh id just go for the Q9xxx series, thats me personally, then again I build my own comps.
Memory and cpu. 4G is plenty. I'd upgrade the cpu though ... even the 8300 would be better ... the 8200 is bottom spec.
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