dell
expandable
No. By the time you’ll want to upgrade, your dell will have more obsolete parts than a c64
Build it yourself motherboards (example: ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, etc) support a much wider range of GPU, RAM and CPU’s via BIOS updates.
hmmm…
I’m home 
There was actually a very interesting article on last months PC Gamer UK about building a computer capable of running Portal 2 everything on MAX for under 500 pounds (around 560 euros),
It was an ASUS mobo (any P67 B3 variation)
intel i5 2300k (overclocker unlocked) Quad Core
4Gb DDR3 Corsail ram
500Gb Sata 2 seagate hdd
cd/dvd rewriter
corsair computer case
corsair 500w psu
nvidia geforce GTX460 1Gb
now that´s pretty impressive, a brand new i5 2nd generation quad core, 4gb ddr3 ram, a GTX460 + the usual bits for that price?
Hell, it´ll run crysis 2 all on medium to high.
Obviously this is buying the bits yourself and putting it togueter.
I recommend an i3 or greater, they’re relatively cheap and the motherboards are too, DDR3 ram is the cheapest on the market (I think haven’t checked lately), and just make sure the motherboard supports pci-express slots, you don’t want an new age computer with a AGP graphics card.
I´d be very surprised if you could buy a normal motherboard (i.e. not a server mobo) that for one, had AGP, unless you were specifically buying one of those ASRock mobos that have it, but then again they are for 775 or P4, ment for replacements in repair shops, and two, a motherboard that didn´t have a pci-e slot, regardless of how basic it may be.
Gonna post the things of the computer that im gonna use. So you can help me if there’s something wrong.
Motherboard:
Gigabyte G41MT-D3 Motherboard.
Core:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E6700 3.2GHz.
Ram:
4GB DDR3 1333Mhz Memory.
Hard drive:
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB internal Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache 7200RPM – OEM.
Computer case:
Cm Storm Mid Tower Scout Case.
DVD burner:
Sony AD-5260S-0B 24x Internal DVDRW SATA Black Bare.
Video card:
Sapphire 11179-00-40R HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCIE Graphics Card.
CPU cooler:
Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 CPU Cooler.
Sound card:
5.1 Channel Surround Sound PCI Sound Card.
Power supply:
CiT 750W Power Supply Unit with PSU and Dual 12V Rails - Black Edition.
GTFO
I dunno but an E2160 1.8Ghz can be pushed to 3.2Ghz easily and at launch it cost like 80$ cash
The pentium will be quite a bottleneck. I’d recommend an amd chip. An athlon II x4 640 is quad core and only costs $100. It’s worked fine for me.
Yes you´re creating a bottleneck, look at my previous message, get that spec, add the 1tb instead of the 500gb, and whatever bits and pieces you want, it´s a tried and tested system, it works nicely and will do what you´re asking for.
Guys i found the core in a bundle with the motherboard and the ram. So they cost me about 145 euro.
Even then I wouldn´t go for it, you´d still be creating a bottleneck
skip the “core 2” line and go for the core i3 or i5, much better performance down the road
Some Dell mobos I’ve worked with didn’t have them 
and they supported i3, and as for AGP some of them still have the slot, but usually have PCI-E as well. I was just covering myself
Really!?!? but why on earth would they have aGP?
I think im gonna change the three items the Core, the Motherboard, the Ram, and The Power supply. If there is something wrong please tell me.
Core:
Intel i3-550 Core i3 Dual-Core Processor -3.20GHz, 4MB Cache.
Motherboard:
Gigabyte SKT-1156 GA-H55M-UD2H Motherboard.
Ram:
Kingston ValueRAM - Memory - 4 GB - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1333 MHz / PC3-10600 - CL9 - 1.5 V - unbuffered - non-ECC.
Power supply:
CiT 650W Power Supply Unit with PSU and Dual 12V Rails - Black Edition.
This is a good example of what you should get now:
CPU + Mobo - i3 2100 + Gigabyte GA-PH67-UD3-B3 - £172.50
RAM - Kingston 4GB - £40.00 - Intel recommend ram should be at 1.5v +/-5% for their latest Sandy Bridge chipsets. Many people have reported no issues with using 1.65v RAM while undervolting to 1.5-1.55v
GPU - 6950 or GTX 560 - £200ish
Case + PSU - Coolermaster Elite 430 All Black Case With Elite 500W PSU - £56.38
HDD - Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - £41.99
Optical drive - Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black - £14.99
Still needs operating system - Windows 7 64 bit recommended.
The only thing i were considering was the GPU but it is to expensive. And about the other things. I have chosen a better CPU. The motherboard im not sure anout it i already have 4gb ram from kingston. i chose a bigger and cheaper case. I have chosen the exact same HDD the optical drive i chose is fine.
Not sure you have in deed chosen a better cpu as I´m not familiar with the older i3 but you should know just that, the i3 you chose is the 1st gen one, why choose that when the new ones are out at the same price?
The new ones cost more. i can’t find a single i5 or i7 core thats as cheap as the i3 i chose and the newer ones are funny enough worse and more expensieve.