An HP p6620f. At 500$ is this a good deal though. (or at 530$, there is a little ambiguity in the advertisement, so this other price is a competitors.)
Processor AMD Phenom II 820 Quad-Core Processor
Memory (RAM) 6GB
Type of Memory DDR3
Memory Expandable to 8GB
Hard Drive Size 1TB
Hard Drive Type SATA
Hard Drive Features 7200 RPM
Optical Drive SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Network Card 10/100Base-T network interface
Video Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrated graphics
Display None
Other ports 15-in-1 memory card reader
# of USB slots 6
TV Tuner None
Dimensions 16.85"(L/D) x 6.97"(W) x 15.32"(H)
Space Saving Design No
Extra Features Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n
VGA Connection Yes
HDMI Port None
the engines cannae take any more cap'n
warp 9 to shroomland ~Dalton
The graphics aren't going to be that much of a problem, as it is I am using a two year old bargain laptop with integrated graphics to play things on lowest settings. So this should be an improvement on that. But I don't play too many games.
More I am worried at how long this will be upgradable to a decent degree.
It is going to replace a pentium 3 256mhz. Not too worried at the max.
the engines cannae take any more cap'n
warp 9 to shroomland ~Dalton
It's a pretty standardized system and it'll be faster in every conceivable respect to your P3 (or a two-year-old laptop, for that matter). It has a PCIe x16 slot which will let you put in a faster GPU should you wish to (though you may be constrained by the power supply).
