hey firs u need to know what are u gona use the computer for betwen athelon and intel i will chose athelon but everyone has their choice if u gona use the computer just for work and u want to save some money an hp a1130n will be good i just bout the same 5 month ago and im happy whith if u want to use it for games an athelon x2 will be the best i think they are around 800$ but remeber what are u gona use it for