Don't get a dell without a coupon or discount. They are plentiful though. With your budget that's the way I'd go too.
Try this config from slickdeals for $599
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...highlight=dell
Intel® Core™2 Duo Proc E6550 (2.33GHz,4MB L2Cache,1333FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home
Dell 19 inch Widescreen E198WFP Analog Flat Panel Monitor
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 2DIMMs
80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Single Drive: 48x CD Burner / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS
Do one of the cheap monitor upgrades to get something desirable and hawk that on ebay. That should get your final cost to around $400.
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