Help me choose a new PC

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The current eMachines T series line includes five models, ranging in price from $340 to $600 (after a $50 mail-in rebate). The two low-end models use a budget AMD Sempron processor, the middle model uses an old Intel Pentium 4 CPU, and the two higher-end models use an AMD Athlon 64 processor. Although exceedingly affordable, we'd steer clear of the lowest-end T3104 because it offers only 256MB of memory; the middle three models include 512MB, and the high-end T6524 we reviewed provides 1GB. The T6524 also differs from its budget brothers by using Windows Media Center Edition; you'll get XP Home with the others. If Media Center doesn't interest you and you need a basic home PC, the T6412 provides great value by including a 200GB hard drive, a double-layer DVD burner, and an 8-in-1 media card reader for $500. Aside from the lowest-end model, we recommend any of the current T-series models; you'll be hard-pressed to find better value among budget PCs.

thats from cnet, so I dunno who to trust.