ok. i just bought a computer about a month ago. but recently i've found an even better deal. i like hp/compaq and just bought my grandfather this for 400 with tax

presario amd athalon 3200+ (it clocks at 1.8 ghz, plenty fast)
256 ram (upgradeable to 4 gigs)
ati raedeon video card
and all the rest of the usual bells and whistles (cd burner, software etc)
PLUS! it came with a monitor!

then for 79 bucks we went to fry's and picked up a 1 gig stick memory, 50 bucks dvdwriter, and for 100 a bad ass soundcard.

now he has a pretty bad ass computer with over 1.2 gig memory! it's fucking awesome!

i bought the computer at walmart.