Do yourself a favor and check out www.compgeeks.com, they pretty much always have awesome deals on a wide variety of new/refurbished desktop systems. Their inventory is always changing too, so you never know if you're going to stumble across an awesome deal.
Example: Celeron 1 Ghz, 256MB Ram, 20GB HD, 256MB Ram, 16X CD-RW, Modem, Keyboard for $400.
However if you want something a little more high-end for games and multimedia I say build it yourself. You'll be happy you did.
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Do yourself a favor and check out www.compgeeks.com, they pretty much always have awesome deals on a wide variety of new/refurbished desktop systems. Their inventory is always changing too, so you never know if you're going to stumble across an awesome deal. Example: Celeron 1 Ghz, 256MB Ram, 20GB HD, 256MB Ram, 16X CD-RW, Modem, Keyboard for $400. However if you want something a little more high-end for games and multimedia I say build it yourself. You'll be happy you did.