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How is this build for HTPC, DVD rips, and basic gaming? I will not be using it for PVR. Thanks!

XPS 420
Intel® Core2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1

Unit Price: $1,142.40
SYSTEM OPTIONS
XPS 420
Intel® Core2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB) edit
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1 edit
Memory
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
TV Tuner & Video Accelerator
None edit
Hard Drive
500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache edit
2nd Hard Drive
None edit
Optical Drive
Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BD-ROM; DVD/CD Burner) and DVD+/-RW edit
Floppy Drive and Media Reader
Dell Media Card Reader included in Dell Bluetooth Package edit
Video Cards
ATI Radeon HD3870 512MB GDDR4 edit
Sound Cards
Sound Blaster® X-Fi XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card edit
Modem
Dell 1505 Wireless-N PCIe Card edit
Bluetooth and Media Reader
Dell 19 in 1 Media Reader with Bluetooth edit
Monitors
No Monitor edit
Speakers
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) edit
Keyboard
Dell USB Keyboard edit
Mouse
Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
Adobe Software
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language edit
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed)
Microsoft Works 9.0 edit
Security Software
McAfee SecurityCenter 15-months edit
Dell Digital Entertainment
No Entertainment software pre-installed edit
Internet Access Service
No ISP requested edit
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
Adobe Elements Studio
Adobe Elements Studio for XPS 420 edit