I went with HP off the shelf:

HP Pavilion a6750f Desktop PC

 

Operating system

  Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition with Service Pack 1   Processor

  AMD LIVE Smarter Digital Entertainment AMD Phenom X4 9650 Quad-Core Processor   Memory

  8GB   Memory speed

  PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory (4x2048MB)   Total memory slots

  4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (occupied)   Maximum memory expansion

  N/A   Graphics card

  ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics with 256MB dedicated graphics memory. Up to 3323MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista   TV & entertainment experience

  N/A   PCI expansion

  3 PCI Express x1 (two available) 1 PCI Express x16 (available)   Hard drive

  750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s hard drive   Primary CD/DVD drive

  SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technoloy(6): 16x max DVD±R, 12x max DVD±R DL, 8x max DVD+RW, 6x max DVD-RW, 12x max DVD-RAM, 40x max CD-R, 32x max CD-RW. Read: 16x max DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM.   Secondary CD/DVD drive

  N/A

$729.00 locally.  I must say, it has been a joy.

Just a thought.