Quick Question: Good Value System Recommendation?

[avi4now]

Hi everyone, just a real quick question. I haven't been following the market for a while, and a friend of mine needs a recommendation on a decent value home system to buy. He's not a hardware guy and I dont' have the time to build one for him, so I'm talking major brand, Dell/Compaq/etc, no Gateway or HP. Just something around a grand that's a good solid system and a good deal. So if anyone can suggest anything, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks!
Avi

 

[GregMal]

Read the April issue of ComputerShopper. They rate 5 under $1000
value systems. I think a system from ABS won.
Greg