I just finished loading the OS & Software on one for my Wife's folks. For the money, I would say he got a good deal. The keyboard, mouse and speakers they ship with it are real cheap (as to be expected), but all in all I think he will be happy with it. He only uses the thing for e-mial and his quest to win every game of FreeCell. The case was actually pretty decent, 2 extra 5 1/4" bays and 1 extra 3 1/2" bay. I can't say much about the reliablility yet, since I just finished loading it up, but it all came in working order out of the box. Just load the OS, drivers & software. Took about 2 hours. Can't beet that when your putting it together for someone else. I suppose if he was willing to spend a few more bucks I maybe would have built one for him, or sent him to Dell/Gateway for one of their $699 deals, but he wanted to spend as little as possible, and this was it. Here are the specs from the site.
Base System Duron With 750Mhz
1sys-51dur-750 - Base Duron System
ALL BASE DURON COMPUTER SYSTEMS COME WITH: 128-BIT 3D AGP GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR SHARED MEMORY FROM 8 TO 64MB ON BOARD, SOUND ON BOARD,56K FAX MODEM & 10/100BASE NETWORK CARD ON BOARD,128MEG SDRAM MEMORY,20GIG HARD DRIVE ATA100, 3.5INCH FLOPPY,52X CDROM,2 USB PORTS KEYBOARD, MOUSE AND SPEAKERS
--NO OPERATING SYSTEM INCLUDED.
Price: $268 + shipping