I'd never buy a comp from a co. like dell or gateway, Y? cause I work at a PC repair place and guess what the # pc we get to repair? Dell, 2nd place comes gateway then lastly is compaq.. we charge more to repair these comp cause they are a pain in the ass. IF your going to spend that kind of money and need help on getting the right part to build it yourself I can help. Also I perfer Althons cause they own Pents :P and get DDR ram, it the best.