Right now i have a northgate pentium 3 im eyeing a dell though

what do you think i should get and building my own pc is out so dont say that lol

yea Dell is the best for prebuilt computers

get this one right here if u can afford it:

Buy now online and you get:

FREE Memory Upgrade!
FREE Hard Drive Upgrade - Online Only!
FREE DVD Upgrade - Online Only!

Dimension 8200:

Make Sure You Get:

3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year At-Home Service

Category Description Product Code SKU
Dell Dimension 8200 Series: Pentium® 4 Processor at 2.53GHz with 533MHz system bus/ 512K L2 Cache D825W [221-0191]
Memory: SAVE $70! (savings included in price) 512MB PC800 RDRAM 512M82P [461-5718]
Keyboard: Dell® Quietkey® Keyboard QK [310-1582]
Monitors: No Monitor N [320-3000]
Video Card: New 128mb DDR ATI Radeon? 9700 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI 128ATI [320-0548]
Hard Drive: FREE Upgrade! 80GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive 80P [461-2885]
Floppy Drive: 3.5 in Floppy Drive 3 [340-1927]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional WPXP [313-7222] [412-0189] [420-3080]
Mouse: Dell® 2-button scroll mouse SM [310-1871]
Network Card: 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC CNET [430-5353]
Modem: 56K PCI Telephony Modem 56KWSXP [313-1583]
CD or DVD Drive: FREE Upgrade! 16x Max Variable DVD-Rom Drive 16DVXPP [430-0310] [461-1632]
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! Digital Sound Card SB1024 [313-1488]
Speakers: Harman Kardon HK-695 Surround Sound Speakers with Subwoofer HK695 [313-1487]
Bundled Software: Microsoft® Works Suite 2002 w/Money Standard WORKS [412-0133]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch MMBASE [412-0246]
Digital Photography: Dell Picture Studio, Image Expert Standard DPS [412-0271] [412-0273]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year At-Home Service S3OS [950-1272] [950-3339] [950-4270]
Internet Access Service: 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLDHS [412-0258] [412-0279] [412-0287]
USB 2.0 Adapter: USB 2.0 PCI Card w/ 4-Ports USB20 [310-1752]
CD or DVD Burner for 2nd bay: 40x/10x/40x Max CD-RW Drive with Roxio's Easy CD Creator® 40CDRW2 [313-1131]
Special Offer: $50 Special Offer OFF50 [460-8164]

Just curious but, why is building your own out of the question?

You get exactly what you want and it will be way more upgradable, might even save you a few bucks?

Just Curious, it's easier than you think.

i go with that poolman....
besides getting exactly what u've wanted, u also get the fun of building your very own system...

the sense of satisfaction is there when you push the power on button and the system just rocks....

hoo......ha......

the signature says it all, this computer does what I want, I can add to it or take away from it as I see fit, I don't have to worry about any warranty if I open it up, the manufactures warranty on individual parts all though time consuming sometimes has worked very well for me......