I recently purchased a refurbed Gateway LX 6810 Desktop PC on a pretty sweet deal <500.  I’m not a fan of buying a built desktop, but this one had a lot of great components and a few features I was looking for:

Nvidia GT120 Graphics Card with 1gb video RAM.  DVI, CRT, and HDMI output.
Intel Quad [...]

UPDATE 6/4/09
I have been advised to make some changes/updates to this post.  I will be editing any/all instances where one could construe my opinion for fact, and placing the word alleged, or allegedly in a very clear manner.
Furthermore, I do apologize if anyone in the course of reading this article took my opinion as fact.. [...]