Idle question for all you oh-so-knowledgeable computer geeks

[kellinator]

What's the cheapest that one can get a decent computer?

The IT department here was selling off some old computers for ten bucks apiece, but of course they ran out before my turn in line came, dammit. The professors got their pick before the staff. I'm not in urgent need of a computer, but I would like to upgrade one of these days. What are the least expensive options out there?

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[kmn-rdr-caoimhe.livejournal.com]

Well, my current box is an eMachines eTower 400i, and the only original parts left in it are the original HD, the modem, the floppy, the cables and the processor - but it's almost 5 years old, so I don't know what they've done with their computers since then.

Just noting. ^_^