Self-build comp sucks

[Daleon]

As far as upgrading the Dell -
His MB may or may not support Prescott's. It stands a very good chance of working with them though. As such, he will be able to upgrade his CPU for quite a while.

Also there is no reason he won't be able to upgrade his video card for quite some time. He won't be able to put in PCI-Express cards, thats about it.

Ram also won't be a problem for years, as it has room. And Dell's aren't really all that picky on RAM, as long as its good name brand stuff. Kingston works really WELL with them.

Drives are also np to upgrade.

So don't see any serious issues there. In 2/3 years when he can't upgrade anymore, believe me it'll be time for a new system totally anyway.

Also Dell has a top of the line research department. They did some really cool stuff way back in the day with Voodoo cards and even now make their own ATI drivers that often perform better than normal cat's. Some people are stuck back in the day of HP's, PB's, etc. Dell has always been decent, as long as you don't buy their cheapest model.

[NoSurrender]

Bow before Daleon. His piles of knowledges pwns everyone elses.