It was a budget computer a year ago

The Dimension E310 that I'm reviewing is one that I had purchased a year ago. Back then, it was being sold at a bargain price of between $500-$600 (19-in lcd monitor and speakers included.) The computer does show its age with a 2.80GHz Pentium 4 processor and 512MB RAM, but that is more than sufficient for those people who just use it to surf the internet or type up word documents. You could also play older PC games with no trouble, but for anything more up to date, the video card would need to be upgraded. That being said, the computer has held up very well. I have yet to need to contact tech support or have issues with any of the components on the computer. The computer still loads quickly and performs everything that I need it to do. So while it isn't for everyone, it would make for a cheap yet very usable computer to give to someone that needs one.