Do you think I should buy this as my next computer? Is it any good for gaming and school work please tell me hers the specs. Processor and Chipset Learn More Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition (Up to 3.73GHz, 2 MB L3 cache, 1066FSB and Intel® 925XE Express chipset) Operating Systems Learn More Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Memory Learn More PC2-4200 Dual Channel DDR2 Memory at 533MHz Available memory configurations are 1024MB, 2048MB, 3072MB and 4096MB Dual Channel, 2 DIMM slots per channel . Total of four DIMM slots Drive Bays Externally accessible: Three 5.25" bays for optical drives One floppy drive bay Internally accessible: Internal: Three 3.5-inch hard drive bays I/O Ports Externally accessible 8 USB 2.0 ports - six at rear of chassis and two at front of chassis 1 serial 9-pin connector; 16550-compatible 1 parallel: 25-hole connector (bi-directional) 1 Video: 15-hole connector 1 PS/2-style keyboard: 6-pin mini-DIN 1 PS/2-compatible mouse: 6-pin mini-DIN 1 RJ45 Ethernet port Internally accessible Serial ATA: Four 7-pin connectors Optional 2nd serial port card: 12-pin connector PCI 2.3: 120-pin connector PCI Express x1: 36-pin connector PCI Express x16: 164-pin connector Floppy drive: 34-pin connector CD drive audio interface: 4-pin connector Slots Four PCI, One PCIe x1, One PCIe x16 Chassis Learn More Quiet yet robust thermal design. Chassis features: 8 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 6 back) and front headphone jack Convenient front flip covers conceal front I/O ports and drive bays 3 - 5 1/4" external bays 3 - HDD bays 460W power supply 3 chassis fans for cooling. 2 more dedicated to the power supply. Clam-shell design provides easy access. Opens with one latch while in upright position. Colour coded ports and internal cables simplify service and set up Dimensions (H x W x D): 491mm x 221mm x 488mm ???

What video card? You will of course be paying through the nose for that, and you could get something that would run just as well or better for a heck of a lot less if you custom built it yourself, which is not difficult. MCSE, MCSA Messaging, baby!

Anyone that's familiar with computers will not buy a Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq, Sony, etc Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4800SE 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

Out of all the proprietary companies, dell is one of the best...but I would never buy a proprietary computer myself. You spend money on the brand name...they use cheap/generic stuff to increase their profit. If you build a computer yourself, then for the same price, you can not only get quality components, but you can even go for higher stuff (faster cpu, or whatever). The system sounds decent, if you still don't want to bother custom building it yourself. It looks to be good enough for future-proofing, and will last several years. For games, you'll need to get a really nice video card (with that cpu, your video card will probably be the bottleneck in games) If I were you, though, I'd go to a site like newegg.com, select all the components for that dell system, and see how much it comes out to.

Or do yourself a favor and go Athlon 64 since it's better for gaming and costs less. ;-) "...but in my defense, it was dark, I was drunk, and it was delicious!"

True, also some pc companies have a bios that you cant overclock, and f---ed up versions of XP. I had a 100$ dell, 1GHZ and its not part freindly. It dosnt like new hardrives and cards. If you get any pc go and get a S939 athlon 64 Mod it till it bleeds