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Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

Without bells and other assorted prepackaged whistles it's 2.7k which is extremely expensive but the best you can get for a prebuilt. That 2.7k includes basic keyboard/mouse, speakers, anti-virus software, 1-year warranty, and a few things I'm forgetting. The packages make it somewhat worthwhile as I add on software, games, external storage, etc. I end up paying about 3.1k for the whole thing.

i have a somewhat irrational hatred of AMD. don't ask why.

That's a rediculous price. And AMD is no different than intel. They're simply a rival manufacturer with a different name and different colors. Their products are just as good.

And Dells and other manufactured PCs come with a whole bunch of pre-installed crap that clogs up your computer.

One more thing, anti-virus programs suck, and they completely slow down even the most powerful computers I use. And the one time I had a "virus", Norton kept whining about it, and couldn't remove it, so I had to go and remove it by myself. Anti-Virus programs are expensive pieces of ****.

A basic keyboard costs about $5.00, depending on the place. That's all you're going to get with a Dell keyboard, on average. You can get a good optical mouse for not much more. And a Creative speaker system with crystal clear quality will cost you about $99.

External storage is definitely something to avoid, unless you have multiple computers you're transfering the data to and from and don't need a server. Stick with slapping HDDs in your system.