Looking for Recomendations - Prebuilt with Minimal Upgrades

[Elaineofshalott2]

I am looking for a computer for general use and light gaming. Sims 3 is probably the most intensive game I will play on it. I am up to doing minimal upgrades but not building a whole computer from scratch.

What I am looking at right now is this:

From Dell:

Inspiron 620 MT Inspiron 620 Minitower w/ Black Bezel
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
Processors Intel® Core™ i3-2120 processor(3MB Cache, 3.30GHz)
Memory 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 2 DIMMs
Keyboard Dell USB Entry Keyboard
Video Card Intel® HD Graphics
Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Floppy Drive Integrated 8 in 1 Media Card Reader
Optical Drives 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Sound Integrated 5.1
$499.99

Monitor Dell 21.5-inch Wide ST2220MB Flat Panel Monitor
$139.99

Speaker Dell AX510PA Entry Flat Panel Stereo Sound Bar with Power Adapter
$34.99

Upgrade
From Newegg:
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 512MB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $69.99+ 5.99 shipping


This totals about $750.95 before tax. I'd like to keep my total including tax under $800 but I could go as high as $900 if I'd get a good performance boost. Does anyone see any good changes to make to this setup.

Edit: I would consider using a barebone system if it would save me a substantial amount of money or give me a large boost in performance, but I have neither the time nor the patience to troubleshoot a completely homebuilt system.

 

[hans007]

that seems like a good deal, though i'd probably get the speakers somewhere else.

you might want to invest a few more dollars to get a 5770 instead too as its maybe $20 more, and worth it.

 

[Elaineofshalott2]

From what I've seen elsewhere the 5670 will work in a dell without upgrading the power supply. Is the same true of the 5770?

 

[Away]

Good deal on a Core i5 Vostro with 20" LCD for $529. Just bump up the memory and hard drive and you will have a pretty nice system.

http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-vostro-460/28905.aspx

 

[Elaineofshalott2]

Thanks for the information everyone.