The fact is, without cannibalizing half of your current PC's parts, you
> can't touch Dell when it comes to building a cheap PC.
But for me, this has always been the whole point. I don't need a new keyboard and mouse and speakers and case and new copies of all the software. I've got all that on my old dead system -- that's why I'm upgrading -- the old one died (I don't include disk drives in the list because they are usually the main component that dies and gives me an excuse to convince myself it is time for an upgrade :-).
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